NO.146
WHITBY ABBEY VISITOR CENTRE / Stanton Williams
VISITOR CENTER
• Begun: Jun 2000
• Completed: Sep 2001
• Sector: Arts and culture
• Total cost: £2.8M
• Tender date: Dec 1999
• Procurement: GC/Works/1
• Address: Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO22 4JT, United Kingdom
• Professional Team
• Architect: Stanton Williams
• Project architects: Alan Farlie, David Farlie, Dusan Decermic, Richard Griffin
• Client: English Heritage
• Project manager: Citex
• Quantity surveyor: Citex Bucknall Austin
• Landscape architect: Casella
• Main contractor: William Birch & Sons
• Lighting consultant: LAPD
Suppliers
• Structural steelwork: D W Engineering
• Roofing: Carlton
• Glazing: Odyssey Glass
• Louvres: Aspinalls
• Exhibition installation: Plowden & Smith
• Furniture: Stanton Williams
Awards:
2003 Europa Nostra Award
2003 RIBA Award
2003 Civic Trust Award
2002 RIBA White Rose Award
2002 RICS Award
A contemporary two-storey visitor centre housing information, toilets and a cafe as part of a ma-jor reworking of the Whitby Abbey ruins
• Stanton Williams were commissioned by English Heritage in 1998 to design new visitor facilities for Whitby Abbey. The works formed part of a broader masterplan developed by Stanton Wil-liams with English Heritage in which the ruined Abbey’s headland grounds were reworked to cre-ate a fully accessible setting which respected the considerable archaeological and historical sig-nificance of the site.
• The new Visitor Centre comprises an exhibition gallery and shop created within the semi-ruined seventeenth-century Banqueting Hall. A steel framework was inserted, cage-like, within its shell. Though attached to the shell, the framework reads as an independent structure which supports the centre’s upper floor and roof.Old and new are creatively juxtaposed throughout, especially on the southern front where the steel framework is cantilevered out above the partially-ruined wall in order to support a ‘curtain’ of metal, glass and timber which hangs in front of it. Internally, new screens, showcases and furniture contrast with the exposed brick and stone of the historic build-ing, creating a welcoming setting for archaeological displays and site interpretation.
• The building was completed in 2002 at a cost of £2.85 million. It has been widely acclaimed and has been the recipient of numerous awards from organisations including the RIBA, RICS, Europa Nostra and the Civic Trust.
WHITBY ABBEY IN THE 20TH CENTURY
In 1914 the German High Seas Fleet shelled Whitby and struck the abbey ruins, causing considerable damage to the west front, though this was later repaired. In 1920 the Strickland family handed the abbey over to the Ministry of Works, and over the following decade Sir Charles Peers directed major excava-tions at the site, uncovering evidence of the Anglian settlement here.
Between 1993 and 2008 English Heritage carried out archaeological excavation and survey work, first in connection with the construction of the visitor centre, and secondly to rescue archaeological remains threatened by the steady erosion of the cliff. These excavations produced important evidence for all peri-ods of the abbey’s history
#UK, #archeology ,#interior_design , #ruin , #information , #visitor_centre , #lighting , #gallery , #illumination
@revitalization
WHITBY ABBEY VISITOR CENTRE / Stanton Williams
VISITOR CENTER
• Begun: Jun 2000
• Completed: Sep 2001
• Sector: Arts and culture
• Total cost: £2.8M
• Tender date: Dec 1999
• Procurement: GC/Works/1
• Address: Whitby, North Yorkshire, YO22 4JT, United Kingdom
• Professional Team
• Architect: Stanton Williams
• Project architects: Alan Farlie, David Farlie, Dusan Decermic, Richard Griffin
• Client: English Heritage
• Project manager: Citex
• Quantity surveyor: Citex Bucknall Austin
• Landscape architect: Casella
• Main contractor: William Birch & Sons
• Lighting consultant: LAPD
Suppliers
• Structural steelwork: D W Engineering
• Roofing: Carlton
• Glazing: Odyssey Glass
• Louvres: Aspinalls
• Exhibition installation: Plowden & Smith
• Furniture: Stanton Williams
Awards:
2003 Europa Nostra Award
2003 RIBA Award
2003 Civic Trust Award
2002 RIBA White Rose Award
2002 RICS Award
A contemporary two-storey visitor centre housing information, toilets and a cafe as part of a ma-jor reworking of the Whitby Abbey ruins
• Stanton Williams were commissioned by English Heritage in 1998 to design new visitor facilities for Whitby Abbey. The works formed part of a broader masterplan developed by Stanton Wil-liams with English Heritage in which the ruined Abbey’s headland grounds were reworked to cre-ate a fully accessible setting which respected the considerable archaeological and historical sig-nificance of the site.
• The new Visitor Centre comprises an exhibition gallery and shop created within the semi-ruined seventeenth-century Banqueting Hall. A steel framework was inserted, cage-like, within its shell. Though attached to the shell, the framework reads as an independent structure which supports the centre’s upper floor and roof.Old and new are creatively juxtaposed throughout, especially on the southern front where the steel framework is cantilevered out above the partially-ruined wall in order to support a ‘curtain’ of metal, glass and timber which hangs in front of it. Internally, new screens, showcases and furniture contrast with the exposed brick and stone of the historic build-ing, creating a welcoming setting for archaeological displays and site interpretation.
• The building was completed in 2002 at a cost of £2.85 million. It has been widely acclaimed and has been the recipient of numerous awards from organisations including the RIBA, RICS, Europa Nostra and the Civic Trust.
WHITBY ABBEY IN THE 20TH CENTURY
In 1914 the German High Seas Fleet shelled Whitby and struck the abbey ruins, causing considerable damage to the west front, though this was later repaired. In 1920 the Strickland family handed the abbey over to the Ministry of Works, and over the following decade Sir Charles Peers directed major excava-tions at the site, uncovering evidence of the Anglian settlement here.
Between 1993 and 2008 English Heritage carried out archaeological excavation and survey work, first in connection with the construction of the visitor centre, and secondly to rescue archaeological remains threatened by the steady erosion of the cliff. These excavations produced important evidence for all peri-ods of the abbey’s history
#UK, #archeology ,#interior_design , #ruin , #information , #visitor_centre , #lighting , #gallery , #illumination
@revitalization