The Hepworth Wakefield
- thickpuckly
- Dec 1, 2016
- 1 min read
Fig 1. The Hepworth Wakefield. http://www.hepworthwakefield.org/about/
“One of the finest contemporary art museums in Europe.” －The Independent.
With over 1,600 square metres of light-filled gallery spaces, The Hepworth Wakefield is the largest purpose-built exhibition space outside London.The gallery brings together work from Wakefield’s art collection, exhibitions by contemporary artists and rarely seen works by Barbara Hepworth. － wikipedia¹
In designing The Hepworth Wakefield, David Chipperfield Architects responded imaginatively to the gallery’s waterfront setting. The building complements the scale and form of the existing industrial buildings and, like them, appears to rise out of the River Calder. The gallery’s location on the river’s edge also allows it to apply new forms of renewable energy by sourcing the majority of its heating and cooling from the river’s flow. The gallery’s façade has been constructed of pigmented concrete which was created in-situ. This gives the building a sculptural appearance, which echoes the shapes and forms in many of Barbara Hepworth’s sculptures.— The Hepworth Wakefield
Fig 2. Photos and sketches of The Hepworth Wakefield. Yuan Lin. November 2016
I focused on the oblique lines among the interior structures, which created opportunities for natural lights to play a dramatic scenarios in this minimalist concrete building.
References:
Fig 1. Jonty Wilde. January 2010. The Hepworth Wakefield. England: Wakefield Council. Available at: http://www.hepworthwakefield.org/about/ [Accessed 1 December 2016].
Fig 2. Yuan Lin. November 2016. Photos and sketches of The Hepworth Wakefield. Unpublished.
1. Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia. The Hepworth Wakefield [online].
Available at: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hepworth_Wakefield [Accessed 1 December 2016].