London’s V&A East Project by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and O’Donnell + Tuomey
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The V&A has unveiled plans for two new sites in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park — a brand-new museum designed by Dublin-based architects O’Donnell + Tuomey at Stratford Waterfront, and a new collection and research center by Diller Scofidio + Renfro at HLondon’s V&A East Project by Diller Scofidio + Renfro and O’Donnell + Tuomey
The V&A has unveiled plans for two new sites in Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park — a brand-new museum designed by Dublin-based architects O’Donnell + Tuomey at Stratford Waterfront, and a new collection and research center by Diller Scofidio + Renfro at Here East.Expected to open in 2023, the V&A East project aims to revolutionize how the museum’s collection of art, design, and performance is accessed, explored, and experienced. The project is part of the East Bank, the £1.1bn powerhouse of culture, education, innovation, and growth taking shape in the park as part of the Olympic legacy.Here East is a reimagination of a museum store, which will serve as the new collection and research center. The design for the center is being led by New York-based practice Diller Scofidio + Renfro (supported by Austin-Smith:Lord). A recent announcement from V&A revealed that Frank Lloyd Wright’s 1930s office for Edgar J. Kaufmann — a unique and complete 20th-century plywood interior — and a 15th-century marquetry ceiling from the now-destroyed Altamira Palace near Toledo in Spain, will be resurrected within the center as a real architectural element above a new public space for displays and events.The center, as per V&A, will demonstrate how and why objects are collected, how they are cared for, conserved, researched and displayed, and how they help make sense of our past, present, and future. The center will house 250,000 objects along with 917 archives spanning the breadth of the V&A’s collection from fashion, textiles, furniture, theater and performance, to painting, sculpture, ceramics, glass, design, architecture, and digital.The museum will house two galleries showcasing the full range of the V&A’s collections. A program of major exhibitions will sit alongside new commissions, installations, and interdisciplinary collaborations and projects, as per V&A.“A pioneering partnership with the Smithsonian Institution will deliver an innovative exhibition program and a jointly-curated gallery at the Waterfront, bridging art, design, science and the humanities, and deploying the collections of two world-renowned cultural institutions to reflect issues and themes that resonate with contemporary society,” V&A says. V&A Deputy Director and COO Tim Reeve says, “V&A East is timely and ambitious. It will — for the first time — illuminate the entire lifecycle of museum practice in a transformational experience for visitors.”Situated within the vibrant creative hub of east London, V&A East will provide “a 360-degree view of the V&A, and illuminate the breadth of its work in ways that have not been realized before,” V&A says.http://www.blouinartinfo.com/ Founder: Louise Blouin Read more