The brief

Create a welcoming cultural building with a clear entrance from the urban plaza.

  • Create a sheltered entrance from the plaza.

  • Keep the public hall visible from outside.

  • Coordinate the limestone and ceramic joints.

  • Provide a legible route to exhibition rooms.

  • Review access, daylight and servicing together.

Civic Exchange concept
Architectural material study

The design

A long limestone canopy shelters the glazed entrance and unifies the public rooms.

Civic Exchange concept

Design outcome

The design creates a clear sequence from the public plaza to the central hall.

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Site & brief

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Site & brief

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Design development

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Design development

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Material & detail

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Material & detail

A single entrance links the plaza, public hall and exhibition rooms.

Illustrative black-and-white studio portrait

Atlas

Studio note · Concept study

A single entrance links the plaza, public hall and exhibition rooms.

Illustrative black-and-white studio portrait

Atlas

Studio note · Concept study

Begin The Journey

LET’S

Talk

Tell us what you’re building and where you’d like to begin.

Architect and client discussing plans at a construction site

Begin The Journey

LET’S

Talk

Tell us what you’re building and where you’d like to begin.

Architect and client discussing plans at a construction site

Begin The Journey

LET’S

Talk

Tell us what you’re building and where you’d like to begin.

Architect and client discussing plans at a construction site

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