Art Gallery of NSW’s Sydney Modern wing a new direction for its architects | juliepower
The new Sydney Modern wing of the Art Gallery of NSW opening this weekend represents a massive shift for its Japanese architects Ryue Nishizawa and Kazuyo Sejima – from the pure white glassy look that made them architectural rock stars to more handmade, organic and local materials.
These green spaces are layered like filling – and icing – covering a four-layer sponge made of glass, and sandy-coloured limestone brick. Massive swirls of rammed earth cuts through the levels and out into the gardens. Sejima said the public could walk on top of the galleries too. SANAA had pushed themselves to do things on the Sydney Modern project that they haven’t usually done, Michael Brand, director of the Art Gallery of NSW, said. The building still has SANAA’s trademark large glass windows and white columns, but it was also full of handcrafted work, from the resin in the foyer to the rammed earth walls.
After being shielded from public eyes for four years of construction, the gallery has been having a series of dry runs this week with visits by school children, members and friends, employees and their families, and local and international media on Tuesday.The building was designed by Tokyo-based SANAA with Sydney-based Architectus as executive architect and built by Artarmon-headquartered Richard Crookes Constructions and British engineering firm Arup.
said the vastness of Australia, its open spaces and light, the influence of Indigenous culture and the colours of Sydney’s rock had influenced the change in direction.“We try to now use more local material,” Sejima said. “From the beginning, we tried to make a building have a good relationship with the surroundings. But now we’ve also started to use local materials ... and integrate them into our buildings physically and culturally.
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