Green Light for Turner Contemporary
24 July 2008
Green Light for Turner Contemporary
Arts Council England (ACE) and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) will provide £8.1million towards Turner Contemporary, a visionary art gallery to be built on Margate's seafront.
Designed by internationally renowned architect, David Chipperfield, Turner Contemporary is a world class design. Alongside the best of contemporary art, the gallery will show works by JMW Turner reflecting the famous artist's links with the South Coast town. The new centre, featuring galleries, a cafe, conference and studio space, is expected to put Margate on the arts map.
Display of gallery designs at Droit House, Stone Pier, Margate
This display shows some of the key features of the new gallery, the materials that will be used in its construction and some of the factors, such as capturing the area's unique quality of light, that have shaped the development of the design. This information is accompanied by a new 1:100 scale model of the gallery. The detailed model shows how the building will appear on the site in relation to the surrounding buildings and landscape. The model also conveys an accurate sense of the external finish of the gallery, which will be clad in opaque glass. A light inside the model allows you to see through the windows to the interior spaces of the building.
On some occassions the model is touring to venues in the area and may not always be on display at Droit House.