Title & Author:

Genesis Of A Museum: Museum Of Scotland / [presented by] Gordon Benson (Benson + Forsyth LLP).

Publication:

London, England : Pidgeon Digital, 2002.

Description:

1 online resource (1 video file (39 minutes)) : sound, color

Notes:
The Museum From The North West -- The Natural Figure Of The Stone -- The Lightness Of The Interior -- First Diagram Of The Building -- View Of Building From Castle -- Framed View Of Castle -- Light Penetration -- Site Plan -- Sectional Model -- Basement -- Ground Floor -- Void Rising Through Building -- Area Of Medieval Church -- Proto-Industrial Hall -- Light Bounced Off Roof Underside -- 19th Century Church Area -- Balconies Up From The Proto-Industrial Hall -- Roof & View Of Castle -- Structure Of -- A Stair Core -- Drawing Of Outer Curtain Wall Enclosing Core Gallery -- Walls Appear To Be Thick -- White Ash Panelling -- Sandstone Floor Of Entrance Ramp Up To Main Hall -- Windows Have Steel Frames Behind The Stone.

Summary:

To design a museum for Edinburgh which reflects the city's geology, topography, history, development and characteristics; which has the genetic structure of the city of which it is part, as well as the genes of what it is itself; to house the country's historical collections of artefacts in such a way as to reflect their place of origin, period and category - these were the problems that the architects Benson & Forsyth posed themselves when doing their design for the Museum of Scotland competition which they subsequently won in 1996. The building was completed in 1999. In their description of its evolution, its significance for Scotland is clear, particularly at a moment when that country sought to establish its own identity. Gordon Benson and Alan Forsyth, when students at the Architectural Association, were greatly influenced by Le Corbusier. They went on to do public housing in London, then set up their own practice and did an oratory in England and two small buildings in Japan. Later, while at the Architectural Association, they took students to Edinburgh to study the relationship between individual buildings and town planning, and came to understand the forces which had brought that city into being; all of which stood them in good stead for the Museum of Scotland.

Subject:

Museum of Scotland.
Architecture, Modern 20th century.
Architectural design Scotland.
Architecture 20e siècle.
Design architectural Écosse.
Architectural design
Architecture, Modern
Scotland

Added entries:

Benson, Gordon, 1944- narrator.