AHI Architectural Heritage Intervention

“Contributing to enhancing our heritage, as the way forward for 21 st Century architecture is our raison d’être; to emphasize a diverse, rich vision that necessarily complements the intervention is our mission, and achieving it with reflexive and purposeful efforts is the challenge”.

This project, founded in, and directed since, 2011 by Ramon Calonge, Oriol Cusidó, Marc Manzano and Jordi Portal, architects and members of the Group of Architects for the Defence and Intervention in Architectural Heritage (AADIPA), has, through the years become a platform that includes four actions that are both independent and transversal.
 
The European Award, a biennial event that brings together and showcases the multiple approaches of intervention in Europe.

The International Biennial, a framework that serves to compare and gain closer insight of quality interventions in architectural heritage in non-European countries.

The digital Archive, a live and open window that provides a panoramic view of interventions in the history of our surroundings.

The Forum, a meeting place where you can participate in on-going debates about the main preoccupations and lines of thought about interventions in architectural heritage in Europe.

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Special Exhibitions Gallery

  • Special Exhibitions Gallery
  • Special Exhibitions Gallery
  • Special Exhibitions Gallery
  • Special Exhibitions Gallery

Located within some of the world’s most important, surviving buildings from the Industrial Revolution, the new gallery and entrance revitalised the vaulted undercroft of the historic railway. Full-height fiberglass panels subtly illuminate the cast-iron and brick jack-arch structures, alleviating the visual weight of the Victorian infrastructure. A spacious, ramped entrance provides step-free access and improves collections management, enabling the display of larger objects. The gallery celebrates the industrial character of the site, showcasing its restored cast-iron and brick structure. The space allows visitors to experience the grandeur of the original warehouse while engaging with modern exhibitions. Sustainability measures include passive environmental design to reduce lifecycle costs and carbon emissions. Hygroscopic materials in the walls reduce the need for dehumidification, and low-energy lighting enhances the exhibition environment.

Category

Built heritage

Edition

7
Shortlisted

Year

2021

Author

Carmody Groarke
Andy Groarke, Kevin Carmody

Project team

Ana Ferreira, Rowan Seaford, Angus Brown, Neil Michels, Peter Lee, Phelan Heinsohn, Thom Wood-Jones

External collaborators

Structural Engineers: Price & Myers
Service Engineers: Skelly & Couch
Lighting designer: PJC Light Studio
Cost Consultant: Appleyard & Trew
Project Manager: Gardiner & Theobald
Heritage Consultants: Heritage Architecture
Planning Consultant: Deloitte Real Estate
Approved Inspector: Butler and Young
Fire Engineer: Design Fire Consultants
Archaeologist: Salford Archaeology
Contractor: HH Smith & Sons

City

Manchester

Country

United Kingdom

Surface area sqm

1.100

Cost €

5.000.000

Client

Public
Science Museum Group

Original Programme

Culture

Programme

Culture

© Photographer

Gilbert McCarragher

Períod

Victorian

Type of intervention

Transformation

Level of intervention

Partial