Cardiff University (Welsh School of Architecture)
Tutor: Caroline Almond
2018-2019
Tutor: Caroline Almond
2018-2019
A project based in Cardiff, Wales, for Llandaff Cathedral; a centre for arts and recreation with a focus on music that supports the cathedral’s choir and practice needs.
Percy Scholes once described classical music as a fabric that is woven. The concept behind The Music Gallery is about exploring modern takes on classical music and thus allowing music, and sound, to weave and intertwine within itself in the same space. It factors in the senses and how our interpretation of music can be played with by seeing or hearing things through a filter.
The woven concept is portrayed through means of materiality as well as the creation of differing spaces through filtered light over the course of a day as well as the layout of overlapping functional rooms. The site takes advantage of the topography and plays a key role in re-linking the cathedral to the city via the Taff Trail along the Bute River.
Axonometric
Entrance to Music Gallery
Concept Parti Diagram
Client/User Profiles
Ground Floor Plan
Internal Courtyard
Processional Way
Bicycle Path
Main Song Room
Site and Context. Llandaff