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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Goldsmiths CCA in London, England by AssembleDecember 9th, 2018 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Assemble Assemble were commissioned by Goldsmiths, University of London, to create a new public art centre, transforming the former industrial spaces of the Grade II listed Laurie Grove Baths. The design strategy opens up and makes accessible hidden spaces of South London’s social history, bringing public life back to the building. The 1000m2 building accommodates seven new gallery spaces, a café, curators’ studio and event space. Goldsmiths Centre for Contemporary Art will be a significant cultural resource for students, artists and the wider public, offering a diverse programme focused on exhibitions, events and education.  Image Courtesy © Assemble
 Image Courtesy © Assemble Assemble’s architectural approach reflects the building’s history and establishes a unique identity for its new role as a centre for the arts. A double height project space forms the social and theatrical heart of the gallery, creating a distinctive hall for installations and performances. The Bath’s cast iron water tanks have been preserved and made accessible and two new top-lit ‘white cube’ galleries provide a spatial contrast to the raw and robust fabric of the historic service spaces. The tiled Victorian bathing halls, currently used by Goldsmiths students as art studios, can now be seen from a new central balcony connecting the public to the building’s past and to its future purpose as a space for artistic production and exploration.  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble Working through hands-on experimentation and large-scale prototypes, Assemble created a number of bespoke architectural elements for Goldsmiths CCA which combine industrial materials with a handmade approach. The new clerestory and lantern galleries are clad in an undulous turquoise concrete facade echoing the ceramic tiles found within the Victorian baths. Assemble developed this cladding by re-articulating corrugated cement board, more commonly used for the roofs of industrial sheds. This approach is seen throughout the gallery spaces, such as the timber panelling in the cast iron tanks, dyed deep indigo from a ‘homebrew’ iron acetate stain. Handmade concrete and ceramic architectural elements cast in Assemble’s workshop at Sugarhouse Studios add to the tactile quality of the industrial spaces.  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble Assemble were appointed as designers for Goldsmiths CCA following an open architectural competition held by Goldsmiths, University of London in 2014. The project has been realised with the ongoing enthusiastic support of Goldsmiths staff and alumni, and in design collaboration with Alan Baxter Associates and Max Fordham Engineers.  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble  Image Courtesy © Assemble
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