Weald & Downland Living Museum Gateway Buildings, Architect, Photo, Design, Wood Award
Gateway Buildings, Weald & Downland Living Museum
Architecture in South Downs National Park, Sussex, UK – design by ABIR architects
26 Aug 2017
Weald & Downland Living Museum Gateway Buildings
Location: Singleton, nr Chichester, West Sussex, southeast England
Design: ABIR architects
Gateway Buildings, Weald & Downland Living Museum
Photos : Jim Stephenson
Weald & Downland Living Museum boasts a collection of over 50 vernacular buildings spanning 950 years, all rescued from destruction and re-erected in the Grade II* registered South Downs National Park.
ABIR architects were commissioned to design a new 850sqm visitor centre consisting of retail, gallery, café and community spaces.
The design connects the Museum to two new clusters of buildings set either side of a central entrance court forming a transitional gateway.
The buildings are designed to be entirely timber, consisting of two primary elements; Green Oak frame and cross laminated timber (CLT).
Other timber features include hand-cleft English chestnut roofing shakes, sweet chestnut cladding and natural wood-fibre insulation.
Internally, sweet chestnut battens have been used to create the undulating kite roof.
Gateway Buildings, Weald & Downland Living Museum – Building Information
Location: Chichester
Architect: ABIR Architects
Client/Owner: Weald & Downland Living Museum
Structural Engineer: Cooper & Withycombe
Main Contractor/Builder: A&F Pilbeam Construction Ltd
Joinery Company: The Green Oak Carpentry Company Ltd
Wood Supplier: LBSA (Green Oak), KLH (CLT)
Steelwork: Solent Engineering
Wood Species: French Green Oak, Austrian Spruce, French Sweet Chestnut, English Chestnut
Gateway Buildings, Weald & Downland Living Museum Shortlisted for the Wood Awards 2017
Twenty outstanding structures have been nominated for the Wood Awards 2017 shortlist, featuring some of Britain’s best architectural designs in wood.
Wood Award Shortlisting for Gateway Buildings, Weald & Downland Living Museum
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