英国MK展览扩建项目
6a Architects completes geometric silver extension to MK Gallery in Milton Keynes

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6a Architects事务所最近扩建了位于英国米尔顿凯恩斯的MK展廊，建筑师用方盒子来纪念英国小镇“标志性”的总体规划。      

这座展览建造于1999年，而现在这个银色的空间已经正式开放。

扩建后的体量是原先建筑的两倍，展廊的视线轴线与城市的规划格局对应。该市的规划是由现代主义建筑师Derek Walker在20世纪60年代设计。

6a Architects has extended the MK Gallery in Milton Keynes with a rectangular steel box that pays homage to the English town's "iconic" masterplan.  
Now open, the silver extension forms part 6a Architects' overhaul of the art gallery, which was built in 1999.
The renovation has doubled the size of the original building, with galleries laid out to form a visual axis that echos the town's gridded plan, designed by modernist architect Derek Walker in the 1960s


Photo is by Iwan Baan

工作室的创始人Tom Emerson告诉Dezeen记者：“主要目的打造一座全新独特的能够反映21世纪的乌托邦理想建筑。”

“我们想要创作一座完全米尔顿凯恩斯式的建筑，例如当地的购物中心，此类建筑为钢结构。”

"The main objective architecturally was to embed the new programme in a building which reflects, celebrates and updates the unique utopian ideals of the city into the 21st century," studio co-founder Tom Emerson told Dezeen.
"We wanted to make a building that was utterly Milton Keynesian. The prototypical building of Milton Keynes – from the shopping centre to the Milton Keynes Development Corporation-designed offices – is the steel frame shed and its variations."


Photo is by Iwan Baan

翻修之后建筑最大的特点是其方形的包钢结构，大型圆形窗户打破了单调的立面效果，并且与周围的公园呼应。

Emerson 补充说：“新的MK展廊是Midsummer Boulevard路上的最后一座建筑。长长的中心轴线连接着地铁站和Campbell公园，穿过了的城市中心。”

“对着公园的建筑立面是网格状城市和圆形公园的集合点。”

The renovation is characterised by its rectangular extension wrapped in corrugated stainless steel, which is punctured by a large circular window to echo the landscaping of the adjacent park.
"The new MK Gallery is the final building on Midsummer Boulevard, the long axis that runs through the centre of the city from the railway station to Campbell Park" Emerson added.
"The facade which faces the park is a meeting point between the grid of the city and the circular geometries of the park."


Photo is by Johan Dehlin

在室内，建筑师同时使用了新旧混合结构，创造出了五百平方米的五个展廊的展示空间。

门和窗户位于每个展馆的末端，构成中心轴线，人们可以把景观尽收眼底。

Inside, using both old and new structures 6a Architects has created five galleries containing 500 square metres of exhibition space.
Doors and windows are positioned at either end of each gallery to create the linear axis, and maximise views of the landscape.


Photo is by Johan Dehlin

在展廊的侧面，建筑师也创造了一系列公共空间，该空间与艺术家Gareth Jones、Nils Norman和平面设计师Mark El-khatib合作设计。

在地面层设有咖啡厅和学习空间。门厅的装饰风格充满了工业感，工业风的饰面、成组的灯光和暴露在外的管道，还有用原色大胆粉刷的构件都强调了这一特征。

Flanking the galleries, 6a Architects has also introduced a sequence of public spaces, designed in collaboration with artists Gareth Jones, Nils Norman and graphic designer Mark El-khatib.
On the ground floor, this includes a cafe, learning studio and foyer complete with industrial finishes, teaming hanging globe lights and exposed ductwork with structural elements painted in bold primary colours.


Photo is by Johan Dehlin

在这些公共空间上方有一间名为“天空”的礼堂。这个房间有150个可伸缩的座位，人们通过圆形窗户，将视线延伸向外部的公园。

原来展廊的元素在这次翻修中得以保留，包括主要入口的砂石和陶土立面。

同时入口还有一个大型红色心形霓虹灯，它是由Minale Tattersfield为米尔顿凯恩斯设计的标志。

Above these public spaces, a new auditorium, named the Sky Room, has 150 retractable seats and a pared-back finish that draws attention to views out over the park through the large circular window.
Elements of the original gallery have also been restored in the renovation, including the main entrance's sandstone and terracotta facade. It is complete with a large red neon heart – the first ever logotype for Milton Keynes designed by Minale Tattersfield.



展廊将会举办一个名为“The Lie of the Land”的展览，它将会展示米尔顿凯恩斯这座城市的历史和故事，该城市由Walker规划设计。

为创造出一个比周围环境更加绿色的城市，Walker的设计遵循着乌托邦建筑的原则。

The gallery will open with The Lie of the Land exhibition, which explores the history and story of Milton Keynes – the large new town in the county of Buckinghamshire designed by Walker.
With the aim of creating a city "greener than the surrounding countryside", Walker's design follows principles of utopian architecture, including those of the garden city movement.


Photo is by Iwan Baan

6a Architects事务所的总部在伦敦，由Tom Emerson和Stephanie Macdonald在2001年创立。他们最近完成的其他项目还包括剑桥大学丘吉尔学院的学生宿舍，以及为Juergen Teller设计的混凝土摄影工作室。

图片来源：6a Architects（除非另有说明）

6a Architects is a London-based studio founded by Tom Emerson and Stephanie Macdonald in 2001. Other recently completed projects by the practice include timber-clad student halls at the University of Cambridge's Churchill College and a concrete photography studio for Juergen Teller.
Photography is by 6a Architects unless stated.


Photo is by Iwan Baan






Photo is by Iwan Baan

项目信息：
客户：MK Gallery
建筑设计：6a Architects
项目管理：Jackson Coles
结构工程：Momentu
环境工程：Max Fordham LLP
工程估算：Gleeds
景观设计：jcla
总承包商：Bowmer + Kirkland
艺术设计：Gareth Jones和Nils Norman

Project credits:
Client: MK Gallery
Architect: 6a Architects
Project manager: Jackson Coles
Structural engineer: Momentum
Environmental engineer: Max Fordham LLP
Quantity surveyor: Gleeds
Landscape architect: jcla
Main contractor: Bowmer + Kirkland
Artists: Gareth Jones & Nils Norman