Jury feedback summary
The ambition of this proposal is to create a museum that equally celebrates the exhibitions and landscape. It is defined by three linear sunken forms housing the artists’ workshop and museum. The layout of this addition simultaneously creates a semi-enclosed courtyard that follows the dimensions of the existing building. According to the jury, “The strategy of the below-grade addition that forms a courtyard deftly celebrates the school structure yet integrates it into a whole site strategy. This project successfully addresses the challenges of public-private circulation and separation in a way that is surprising and spatially rich. The language of the addition, the proportion of rooms, simplicity of form, and integration with landscape through green roofs is particularly sophisticated.” The presentation was also praised for its clear linework and restrained color palette, which reinforce the project’s key ideas. The jury notes that the proposal could consider stronger visual or architectural linkages between the interiors of the existing building and those of the new.
Jury feedback summary
The winning proposal highlights a quote by Luis Barragan, “A garden must combine the poetic and the mysterious with a feeling of serenity and joy.” The corresponding design consists of a simple horseshoe-shaped addition that creates an outdoor room to mediate between the existing school structure and the new building. According to the jury, “The proposal creates a beautiful precinct with appropriate deferential qualities to the landmark building. The spatial sequence here is particularly successful, as the new structure is revealed after experiencing the historic one. The incorporation and celebration of the exterior spaces is commendable. The new low-rise construction is respectful of the original building.” There were also criticisms of the proposal’s lack of focus on infrastructure for the site’s horses, and of the size and scope – with its expansive glazed walls – that may be too ambitious for the intended project.