NEWS
PRACTICE
CONTACT
CULTURE
LIVING
BUSINESS
EDUCATION
CLIENTS
 
 
BRITISH EMBASSY, Yemen
ARMED FORCES MEMORIAL, Staffs
AVENHAM PARK PAVILION, Preston
BOAT CLUB, Oxford University
CASTLE LANE CULTURE QUARTER, Bedford
COLOUR FACTORY, Winchester
CULTURE CENTRE, Sittingbourne
EASTGATE, Chichester
LIGHT AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL
MARITIME STADE, Hastings
PERFORMANCE GYM UoW, Winchester
PRIDDYS HARD, Gosport
PROTOTYPE BIRD BOX
RIVER HULL FOOTBRIDGE, Hull
STRIPE THEATRE UoW, Winchester
THEATRUM GEDANENSE, Poland
UNIVERSITY CENTRE UoW, Winchester
VISITBRITAIN, Singapore
VISITOR CENTRE, Hardwick Park
VISITOR CENTRE, Warwick
 

 

VISITOR CENTRE, Hardwick Park

  Client Durham City Council
  Competition Runner-up

Set within the grounds of Hardwick Park, this proposal for a new visitor interpretation centre provides a welcome departure from the generic. The form is designed using lessons learned from bridge-building technology; each skeletal sector being clad in corten steel cladding for a naturally protected ‘rust’ finish. A series of Victorian follies are located on strict geometric lines from the House and, in order to avoid ambiguity, the new centre sits as a ‘found’ object in a wooded site, imitating the natural forms such as a seed pod.

 
Overview Drawings

Design Team