Flanagan Lawrence hit the right note in St Andrews
June 26 2017
Conceived to complete the historic St Mary’s Quadrangle, replacing an area given over to temporary buildings and a car park, the new school will include rehearsal and teaching spaces as well as a studio, recording suite and library.
Outlining the design development of the front elevation the architects said: “The external envelope is conceived as a series of vertical sliding planes orientated in a north south direction. They are juxtaposed with three solid volumes which are clearly articulated on the north and south elevations.
“While the planes are visually anchored in the landscape, the eastern most plane appears to float. This is reinforced by the setback at ground floor level which creates a covered walkway on the approach from Queen’s Terrace.
“A large aperture is punched in the floating plane to announce the entrance and to maximise the amount of natural light entering the foyer.”
Faced in stone cladding and curtain wall glazing the centre will connect Queens Terrace to St Mary’s Quadrangle by way of a new colonnade.
A ground floor plan of the new music centre
A new collonade will connect to St Mary's Quadrangle
Construction could begin before the hyear is out
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2 Comments
#1 Posted by A Local Pleb on 28 Jun 2017 at 13:49 PM
This looks as if it could be a great building, however it would be useful to see more detail for the layouts and the proposed materials.
#2 Posted by Urban Realm on 28 Jun 2017 at 14:00 PM
Sure, I've uploaded a ground floor plan.
In the words of Flanagan Lawrence: "The sliding planes and boxes will be predominantly stone with infill cladding panels at high level.
"Full height curtain walling is proposed between the sliding stone planes. It is intended that where solid elements occur behind the curtain walling, the glazing will be back-painted to obscure them and to give the appearance of full height glazing with no visual interruptions."
In the words of Flanagan Lawrence: "The sliding planes and boxes will be predominantly stone with infill cladding panels at high level.
"Full height curtain walling is proposed between the sliding stone planes. It is intended that where solid elements occur behind the curtain walling, the glazing will be back-painted to obscure them and to give the appearance of full height glazing with no visual interruptions."
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