Dunard Centre, Edinburgh, UK
2017 –
This purpose built performance venue has been commissioned to serve as a base for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Edinburgh. The venue will feature a main 1,000 seat auditorium, a 200 seat studio for performance and space for recording, education and rehearsals. Located in Edinburgh’s UNESCO World Heritage Site at the eastern end of its Georgian New Town, it replaces an unremarkable office building with a graceful oval volume topped by a shallow metal-clad dome with overlapping lower volumes are orthogonal in form. Image: Hayes Davidson
Dunard Centre, Edinburgh, UK
2017 –
This purpose built performance venue has been commissioned to serve as a base for the Scottish Chamber Orchestra in Edinburgh. The venue will feature a main 1,000 seat auditorium, a 200 seat studio for performance and space for recording, education and rehearsals. Located in Edinburgh’s UNESCO World Heritage Site at the eastern end of its Georgian New Town, it replaces an unremarkable office building with a graceful oval volume topped by a shallow metal-clad dome with overlapping lower volumes are orthogonal in form. Image: Hayes Davidson
Elbtower, Hamburg, Germany
2017 – 2025
This mixed use building – set to be the tallest in Hamburg – will form a gateway to the Hafencity quarter from the east, forming a counterpoint to the Elbphilharmonie to the west. Occupying a triangular plot at the point where the River Elbe and Oberhafen canal converge, the site offered a nice opportunity for a freestanding, sculpted building for client SIGNA. The tapered tower clad with cambered, light-coloured aluminium profiles rises above a public atrium that forms a solid podium, embedded in the topography of the land and infrastructure of the city – linking to public transport and a cycle bridge. A lighting concept by Studio Other Spaces will transform the Elbtower into a kinetic light sculpture at night. Image: DCA
Elbtower, Hamburg, Germany
2017 – 2025
This mixed use building – set to be the tallest in Hamburg – will form a gateway to the Hafencity quarter from the east, forming a counterpoint to the Elbphilharmonie to the west. Occupying a triangular plot at the point where the River Elbe and Oberhafen canal converge, the site offered a nice opportunity for a freestanding, sculpted building for client SIGNA. The tapered tower clad with cambered, light-coloured aluminium profiles rises above a public atrium that forms a solid podium, embedded in the topography of the land and infrastructure of the city – linking to public transport and a cycle bridge. A lighting concept by Studio Other Spaces will transform the Elbtower into a kinetic light sculpture at night. Image: DCA
Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
2008 – 2020
This museum expansion project extends the original building designed by Swiss architect Karl Mose between 1904 and 1910 with a whole new buidling on the opposite side of the square in central Zürich where it is located. Traditional stone facades will echo existing architecture, while slender pilaster strips at regular intervals and sawn limestone present a new aeathetic development. This building will show a collection of classic modernism, the Bührle Collection, temporary exhibitions and a contemporary art collection starting from the 1960s. The building is part of an urban plan for the city to create an ‘education mile’ – the museum buildings together with the Schauspielhaus theatre will create a gateway and a starting point to this pathway of cultural buildings through the city to the university in the north. Image: DCA
Kunsthaus Zürich, Switzerland
2008 – 2020
This museum expansion project extends the original building designed by Swiss architect Karl Mose between 1904 and 1910 with a whole new buidling on the opposite side of the square in central Zürich where it is located. Traditional stone facades will echo existing architecture, while slender pilaster strips at regular intervals and sawn limestone present a new aeathetic development. This building will show a collection of classic modernism, the Bührle Collection, temporary exhibitions and a contemporary art collection starting from the 1960s. The building is part of an urban plan for the city to create an ‘education mile’ – the museum buildings together with the Schauspielhaus theatre will create a gateway and a starting point to this pathway of cultural buildings through the city to the university in the north. Image: DCA
Lah Contemporary
Bled, Slovenia 2016–
This new art gallery is located in a valley below the medieval Bled Castle in the heart of protected scenic landscape. The architecture was designed around the dimensions of specific works of art that will be displayed inside. Embedded in the sloping site, the gradient of the roof echoes the hillside and planted terraces with outdoor sculpture will offer views of the castle. Image: DCA
Lah Contemporary
Bled, Slovenia 2016–
This new art gallery is located in a valley below the medieval Bled Castle in the heart of protected scenic landscape. The architecture was designed around the dimensions of specific works of art that will be displayed inside. Embedded in the sloping site, the gradient of the roof echoes the hillside and planted terraces with outdoor sculpture will offer views of the castle. Image: DCA
Lyon Confluence, Lyon, France
2016 –
The southern tip of Lyon’s central peninsula – La Confluence – has previously been used for industry, yet over the past 10 years has begun to be redeveloped. DCA is overseeing the design of three blocks with 11 buildings within a masterplan by Herzog & de Meuron. The plan involves landscaping and façade design, amongst other tasks, as well as mediating between the city, clients, sustainability consultants, landscape architects and the other architects who are contributing to the site. The design groups the mixed use buildings with garden courtyards in between and transparent ground floors that will help animate surrounding public spaces. DCA will design three buildings in the quarter – a social housing building, a mixed-use tower and an office building for clients Bouygues Immobilier and Linkcity. Image: DCA
Lyon Confluence, Lyon, France
2016 –
The southern tip of Lyon’s central peninsula – La Confluence – has previously been used for industry, yet over the past 10 years has begun to be redeveloped. DCA is overseeing the design of three blocks with 11 buildings within a masterplan by Herzog & de Meuron. The plan involves landscaping and façade design, amongst other tasks, as well as mediating between the city, clients, sustainability consultants, landscape architects and the other architects who are contributing to the site. The design groups the mixed use buildings with garden courtyards in between and transparent ground floors that will help animate surrounding public spaces. DCA will design three buildings in the quarter – a social housing building, a mixed-use tower and an office building for clients Bouygues Immobilier and Linkcity. Image: DCA
Morland Mixité Capitale, Paris, France
2015 – 2020
Working with French developer Emerige, DCA is refurbishing, remodelling and extending an existing building named ‘Préfecture de Paris’ on Boulevard Morland in the 4th arrondissement of Paris on the banks of the River Seine. The introverted administrative building designed by Albert Laprade in 1960 will be transformed into ‘Morland Mixité Capitale’, a lively campus combining housing, a hotel, a youth hostel, offices, retail spaces, a gallery, a market hall and a childcare facility. Two new buildings will be added, as well as public arcades at ground level and a new public path will provide access between the boulevard and the River Seine. The upper storeys will house an art installation by Ólafur Elíasson and Sebastian Behmann from Studio Other Spaces Berlin, a bar and a restaurant. Image: DCA
Morland Mixité Capitale, Paris, France
2015 – 2020
Working with French developer Emerige, DCA is refurbishing, remodelling and extending an existing building named ‘Préfecture de Paris’ on Boulevard Morland in the 4th arrondissement of Paris on the banks of the River Seine. The introverted administrative building designed by Albert Laprade in 1960 will be transformed into ‘Morland Mixité Capitale’, a lively campus combining housing, a hotel, a youth hostel, offices, retail spaces, a gallery, a market hall and a childcare facility. Two new buildings will be added, as well as public arcades at ground level and a new public path will provide access between the boulevard and the River Seine. The upper storeys will house an art installation by Ólafur Elíasson and Sebastian Behmann from Studio Other Spaces Berlin, a bar and a restaurant. Image: DCA
