First images by HASSELL + OMA for New Museum for Western Australia
31/08/2016.
[Perth - WA] Australia
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
metalocus, INÉS LALUETA
The New Museum for Western Australia is developed in the heart of the Perth Cultural Centre, acting as a gateway to explore all of Western Australia.
Aerial Hackett Hall Plaza. New Museum for Western Australia by HASSELL + OMA
View to the city from inside. New Museum for Western Australia by HASSELL + OMA
Hackett Hall Plaza. New Museum for Western Australia by HASSELL + OMA
Hackett Plaza Entrance. New Museum for Western Australia by HASSELL + OMA
State Library Francis St. New Museum for Western Australia by HASSELL + OMA
Street façade. New Museum for Western Australia by HASSELL + OMA
View with projections at night. New Museum for Western Australia by HASSELL + OMA
View with projections at night. New Museum for Western Australia by HASSELL + OMA
View with projections at night. New Museum for Western Australia by HASSELL + OMA
The New Museum for WA will be almost four times bigger than the existing WA Museum - Perth, featuring nearly 7,000 square metres of galleries, including a 1,000 square metre space to stage large scale temporary exhibitions. It will also feature learning studios, spaces to see the behind the scenes work of the WA Museum as well as exciting retail and cafe spaces.
The $428.3 million project includes:
- the design and construction of a new building that integrates with the existing heritage buildings
- heritage restoration works to Old Gaol, Jubilee, Beaufort and Hackett buildings
- $1.6 million public art project at the New Museum Perth site
- the design, production and installation of Museum content including collections, exhibitions, multimedia and artworks for gallery and activated circulation spaces
- $17.3 million Harry Butler Research Centre at the Museum’s Collections and Research Centre, Welshpool
"Our vision for the design is to create spaces that promote engagement and collaboration, responding to the needs of the WA Museum and the community.
We want it to be a civic place for everyone; an interesting mix of heritage and contemporary architecture that helps revitalise the Perth Cultural Centre while celebrating the culture of Western Australia on a world stage.
Perth and WA has a dramatic natural landscape, unique history and diverse population. We have tried to capture all these elements and celebrate them within the design concept.
The scale of the natural landscape is reflected in the large public space at the heart of the design; the city's history is celebrated by the integration of the existing heritage-listed buildings, and its stories which have driven every aspect of the Museum design.
The design is based on the intersection of a horizontal and vertical loop creating large possibilities for curatorial strategies, for both temporary and fixed exhibitions."
We want it to be a civic place for everyone; an interesting mix of heritage and contemporary architecture that helps revitalise the Perth Cultural Centre while celebrating the culture of Western Australia on a world stage.
Perth and WA has a dramatic natural landscape, unique history and diverse population. We have tried to capture all these elements and celebrate them within the design concept.
The scale of the natural landscape is reflected in the large public space at the heart of the design; the city's history is celebrated by the integration of the existing heritage-listed buildings, and its stories which have driven every aspect of the Museum design.
The design is based on the intersection of a horizontal and vertical loop creating large possibilities for curatorial strategies, for both temporary and fixed exhibitions."
Description of project by HASSELL + OMA
International design practices HASSELL + OMA have joined leading global contractor Brookfield Multiplex and the Western Australian government to reveal the design for the highly anticipated New Museum for WA.
The reveal comes as the contract to design and build the New Museum was officially awarded to the Brookfield Multiplex-led team.
The HASSELL + OMA design, to be located in the heart of Perth’s cultural precinct, has been conceived as a collection of physical and virtual ‘stories’, providing a multidimensional framework for visitors to engage with the Western Australian people and places.
HASSELL Principal and Board Director Mark Loughnan, and OMA Managing Partner-Architect David Gianotten stated: “Our vision for the design was to create spaces that promote engagement and collaboration, responding to the needs of the Museum and the community. We want it to create a civic place for everyone, an interesting mix of heritage and contemporary architecture that helps revitalise the Perth Cultural Centre while celebrating the culture of Western Australia on the world stage. The design is based on the intersection of a horizontal and vertical loop creating large possibilities of curatorial strategies for both temporary and fixed exhibitions.”
At the heart of the design is a public space that is the central point of the new museum, in terms of both location and programming. It is a spectacular outdoor room framed by refurbished heritage buildings and intersected by new buildings and virtual platforms, enabling the diverse stories of Western Australia to be told.
A large new temporary gallery space will complement the extensive permanent collection of the museum that includes renowned collections including the much-loved Blue Whale skeleton. The Museum will host a diverse range of cultural, retail and dining experiences, increasing visitor numbers especially after hours.
Early works are expected to start in late 2016 with main construction starting in 2017. The New Museum is due to be completed in 2020.
More information
OMA. Office for Metropolitan Architecture
Office for Metropolitan Architecture (OMA) is an international practice operating within the traditional boundaries of architecture and urbanism. AMO, a research and design studio, applies architectural thinking to domains beyond. OMA is led by eight partners – Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf, Ellen van Loon, Shohei Shigematsu, Iyad Alsaka, Chris van Duijn, Jason Long, and Managing Partner-Architect David Gianotten – and maintains offices in Rotterdam, New York, Hong Kong, Doha, and Australia. OMA-designed buildings currently under construction are the renovation of Kaufhaus des Westens (KaDeWe) in Berlin, The Factory in Manchester, Hangzhou Prism, the CMG Times Center in Shenzhen and the Simone Veil Bridge in Bordeaux.
OMA’s completed projects include Taipei Performing Arts Centre (2022), Audrey Irmas Pavilion in Los Angeles (2020), Norra Tornen in Stockholm (2020), Axel Springer Campus in Berlin (2020), MEETT Toulouse Exhibition and Convention Centre (2020), Galleria in Gwanggyo (2020), WA Museum Boola Bardip (2020), nhow RAI Hotel in Amsterdam (2020), a new building for Brighton College (2020), and Potato Head Studios in Bali (2020). Earlier buildings include Fondazione Prada in Milan (2018), Garage Museum of Contemporary Art in Moscow (2015), De Rotterdam (2013), CCTV Headquarters in Beijing (2012), Casa da Música in Porto (2005), and the Seattle Central Library (2004).
AMO often works in parallel with OMA's clients to fertilize architecture with intelligence from this array of disciplines. This is the case with Prada: AMO's research into identity, in-store technology, and new possibilities of content-production in fashion helped generate OMA's architectural designs for new Prada epicenter stores in New York and Los Angeles. In 2004, AMO was commissioned by the European Union to study its visual communication, and designed a colored "barcode" flag, combining the flags of all member states, which was used during the Austrian presidency of the EU. AMO has worked with Universal Studios, Amsterdam's Schiphol airport, Heineken, Ikea, Condé Nast, Harvard University and the Hermitage. It has produced Countryside: The Future, a research exhibited at Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York; exhibitions at the Venice Architecture Biennale, including Public Works (2012), Cronocaos (2010), and The Gulf (2006); and for Fondazione Prada, including When Attitudes Become Form (2012) and Serial and Portable Classics (2015). AMO, with Harvard University, was responsible for the research and curation of the 14th Venice Architecture Biennale and its publication Elements. Other notable projects are Roadmap 2050, a plan for a Europe-wide renewable energy grid; Project Japan, a 720-page book on the Metabolism architecture movement (Taschen, 2010); and the educational program of Strelka Institute in Moscow.
Architects HASSELL
HASSELL is a leading international design practice with studios in Australia, China, South East Asia and the United Kingdom.
Recent projects include Shanghai’s Hongkou District on the Huangpu Waterfront, Sky Central in London, First Light Pavilion at Jodrell Bank in the UK, Resilient South City in San Francisco, Perth’s Optus Stadium, the new Melbourne Metro Tunnel, Sixty Martin Place in Sydney, and Brisbane’s Cross River Rail projects.
Recent projects include Shanghai’s Hongkou District on the Huangpu Waterfront, Sky Central in London, First Light Pavilion at Jodrell Bank in the UK, Resilient South City in San Francisco, Perth’s Optus Stadium, the new Melbourne Metro Tunnel, Sixty Martin Place in Sydney, and Brisbane’s Cross River Rail projects.
Categories
Our selection
