A Sustainable Development for Cheltenham Art Gallery & Museum
Open, international, anonymous, 2-stage, RfP
Cheltenham, UK
24 Aug 2007 - Registration Deadline
12 Sep 2007 - Stage 1 Submission Deadline
SPONSOR:
Cheltenham Borough Council
TYPE:
Open, international, anonymous, 2-stage, RfP
LOCATION:
Cheltenham, UK
LANGUAGE:
English
TIMETABLE:
08 Aug 2007 - Inquiries Deadline
17 Aug 2007 - Answers Posted
24 Aug 2007 - Registration Deadline
12 Sep 2007 - Stage 1 Submission Deadline
19 Sep-22 Oct 2207 - Stage 1 Public Consultation
15 Oct 2007 - Stage 1 Jury Deliberations
22 Oct 2007 - Stage 2 Finalists Announced
10 Dec 2007 - Stage 2 Jury Deliberations and Interviews
ELIGIBILITY:
Architects or architect-led multi-disciplinary design teams worldwide
JURY:
Jane Lillystone, Museum & Arts Manager, Cheltenham Borough Council
Richard Brearley, John Miller and Partners with Sidell Gibson, RIBA Adviser
Cllr. Diggory Seacome, Cabinet Member Arts & Culture, Cheltenham Borough Council
Wilf Tomaney, Urban Design Manager, Cheltenham Borough Council
Karen Radford, Heritage & Conservation Manager, Cheltenham Borough Council
Sophia Wilson, Art Gallery & Museum Staff Representative
Joanne Wallis, RIBA Competitions Officer will be in attendance as observer
Advisory Panel from the following organisations:
CABE – South West
English Heritage
Cheltenham Civic Society
University of Gloucestershire
Public Consultation:
Prior to judging, all stage 1 submissions will be displayed within the Art Gallery & Museum - and also via the website under The Viewing Gallery – for public consultation. Comments raised through this exercise will be made available to the jury panel. This exhibition / showing will be held before short listing the stage 2 submissions.
AWARDS:
Finalists - £4,000 each (represents an advance on the winner’s professional fee)
Winner - Design Commission
FEE:
£25
THE COMPETITION:
Prepare proposals for the design of an extension to the existing Art Gallery and Museum. As one of Cheltenham’s key cultural facilities and public buildings, the current Art Gallery & Museum is compromised by difficult access to its main collections and by limited exhibition, storage and other spaces essential to the provision of a quality public art gallery and museum service. Our aim is to address these issues through the development of the semi-derelict site to the east of the Art Gallery & Museum. This will require the removal of some of the existing buildings, to provide adequate space for the new extension, and to establish an appropriate presence on the street – both in terms of scale and proportion. The new facilities will enable the collections to be more accessible to the widest possible audiences, building on the Art Gallery & Museum’s local, regional and national strengths, through providing: larger, flexible temporary exhibition spaces, better public circulation and access within the galleries, improved storage conditions, greater public access to the study collections and more space for the many support services necessary for a modern museum. Through achieving our aim, we want to develop and design the extension and internal organisation of the new facility, in an environmentally–friendly and innovative way, using construction from quality natural and reclaimed materials, together with a combination of on–site and off–site sustainable energy sources. It is intended that by using a more holistic, sustainable lifestyle approach to the development, we can not only create an energy efficient building – a flagship public ‘green’ scheme for Cheltenham – but also a building that will significantly enhance the conservation area and sit happily in the pattern of existing development, as well as preserving the setting of adjacent listed buildings – and assisting with wider regeneration and Civic Pride initiatives. Anonymity will be lifted at stage 2.
BUDGET:
The estimated budget is £4m. A funding strategy for the scheme has been the object of an initial consultants report and continues to be developed. This includes a bid to the Heritage Lottery Fund.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION:
RIBA Competitions Office
6 Melbourne Street
Leeds LS2 7PS
UK
Tel: +44 (0)113 2341335
Fax: +44 (0)113 2460744
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http://www.ribacompetitions.com http://www.cheltenham.artgallery.museum/buildingforanewfuture
