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Coldharbour Gallery

Somerset2024
Long low concrete gallery opening onto a gravel forecourt.
Imagined project · Concept imagery

A wall. Four folds. A place for art.

A single-storey gallery for a private collection of post-war British sculpture, set into a south-facing slope. The whole building is one board-formed concrete wall folded four times; the roof is a shallow steel deck that never touches it, so daylight enters through the 40mm gap.

Location
Somerset
Use
Cultural
Area
640 m²
Project year
2024
Concept status
Completed
Materials
Board-formed concrete / steel
2 images · Concept imagery
The folded wall and gravel forecourt.Enlarge image
The folded wall and gravel forecourt.01
Stair hall, looking north.Enlarge image
Stair hall, looking north.02

Images illustrate the fictional project concept. Generated views and original demonstration assets are not evidence of completed buildings.

The folded wall and gravel forecourt.
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Light does the work

The space between wall and roof is the smallest detail in the building and the one that determines everything else. A continuous opening brings daylight onto the concrete, making its grain visible and allowing the roof to read as a separate plane.

Dean Lane Works

Bristol · 2023

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