(02) 6262 2615
admin@aplusplumbing.net.au
64 Dacre street
Mitchell, ACT 2911
July 2010
Lump Sum
$3.5 Million
PTW Architects
PROJECT OF THE YEAR WINNER OF MASTER BUILDERS ASSOCIATION OF THE ACT Excellence in Building Awards 2011 CATEGORY: Commercial Building $50+ million
The new southern entrance provides a more visible and accessible ground-level (Level 2) entrance to the south of the building, facing the current surface car park.
The entrance area includes escalators to and from the public spaces on the main level (Level 4) and a lift providing access to and from the underground (Level 1) car park.
It also includes a new cloakroom and a new enhanced shop. An adjacent ground-level multifunctional space is created for orientation and programs, openings and special events, and opens onto a newly created Australian garden, including the James Turrell “Sky space”.
At the new ground-level entrance there is a specifically created area for the 1988 Aboriginal Memorial, one of the most important works in the collection. Appropriately, this impressive sculptural installation is the first work of art visitors see as they enter the Gallery.
Above the new multi-function space and associated areas, are the new galleries for Indigenous art that connects to the existing galleries on the main level. Each of these new galleries are designed to accommodate the needs of specific types of Indigenous art, with areas for small early dot paintings, large galleries forlarger dot paintings, spaces for bark paintings, and for watercolours, textiles, prints, ceramics and sculptures.
The main Indigenous Australian galleries are sky-lit, apart from those areas intended for the display of light-sensitive works such as textiles, baskets and watercolours. These are the first galleries in Australia designed around the specific needs of displaying different aspects of Indigenous art.
Other key elements of the project include:
Importantly the Gallery remained open to the public during the construction phase, incorporating the largest exhibition ever held by the National Gallery of Australia – the Masterpieces of Paris – which attracted over 400,000 visitors.
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