Archinect - News2024-11-23T08:29:23-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150359693/dulwich-picture-gallery-to-undergo-most-significant-redevelopment-in-decades-designed-by-carmody-groarke-and-kim-wilkie
Dulwich Picture Gallery to undergo most significant redevelopment in decades, designed by Carmody Groarke and Kim Wilkie Niall Patrick Walsh2023-08-10T11:35:00-04:00>2024-10-25T04:07:38-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/df/df911d24a0ba42b5be8340fe04d74976.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p><a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/722/london" target="_blank">London’s</a> Southwark Council has granted approval for the redevelopment of <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/949635/dulwich-picture-gallery" target="_blank">Dulwich Picture Gallery</a> and its gardens. Led by architects <a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/70547562/carmody-groarke" target="_blank">Carmody Groarke</a> and landscape artist Kim Wilkie, the project will be the biggest redevelopment of the past two decades for the venue, which originally opened in 1817 as the UK’s first public art gallery.</p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9b/9bfd268c43ecae17197cfe2e79957923.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/9b/9bfd268c43ecae17197cfe2e79957923.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a><figcaption>Image credit: Carmody Groarke</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The redevelopment will see a new timber <a href="https://archinect.com/news/tag/9031/pavilion" target="_blank">pavilion</a> constructed in the gallery's gardens. Characterized by circular window openings and a timber reciprocal frame roof, the pavilion is intended to serve as a “warm, tactile space for children and families to enjoy.”</p>
<figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/88/8800d34b4120c6d2b20a305d3d56ed92.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1028" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/88/8800d34b4120c6d2b20a305d3d56ed92.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=514"></a><figcaption>Model image credit: Richard Davies</figcaption></figure></figure><p>The square form of the pavilion will be angled at 45 degrees to the historic gallery to “reinforce the relationship of the pavilion with the landscape and the two entrances to the site.” Inside, the reciprocal frame roof will filter natural daylight into the center of the cruciform plan, while natural copper canopies will “provide pla...</p>