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Chetham's School of Music
Chetham's School of Music
Long Millgate, Manchester, United Kingdom
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Chetham's School of Music
Long Millgate, Manchester, United Kingdom
Project Featured on Sep 07, 2015
Type
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2012
BUDGET
$10M - 50M
Chetham’s School of Music
is the largest world class MusicSchool in the UK and is unique to the region. The
existing medieval building contains the first public library in England, which
boats amongst its’ scholars Karl Marx and is an architectural gem. It is currently not readily accessible to the
public and one of the main design principles was to create a dialogue between
the existing buildings, the new school and its wider context.
The musical heart of the
School is in a building which is no longer fit for purpose and the School has
outgrown its current building provision for teaching and learning through its
increased success and profile.
Our brief was to create a
unique contemporary new building for the musical and academic teaching
facilities, providing a state-of-the-art environment which will be a fitting
platform for the students. A public
auditorium will allow Chetham’s students to display their talents to the
public. The building itself will provide an iconic opportunity for the educational
and cultural standing of Manchester
to consolidate its position on the international scene.
Architectural Response
The site varies in elevation by approximately 6m from the
bottom of Walkers Croft to Victoria Station Approach. We propose to use the height difference as a
datum to reinforce the diversity of the buildings’ programme. The performance spaces and their associated
service spaces are located below the datum whilst the music and academic
classroom accommodation is placed above the datum. The main public entrance, foyer and ensemble
rooms are located on the datum itself. A
new bridge link allows daily secure access for the staff and pupils from the
existing school campus to the south.
The building is conceived as a carved solid, rising from the
south adjacent the grade 1 medieval building, to a fulcrum above the main
entrance to the north. The form of the
building reflects the fluid forms of musical instruments and the island nature
of the site. The elevations are
expressed horizontally and are influenced by the musical stave and
pianola.
Many challenges of the site have influenced the form and
structure of the building. The river Irk
runs in a culvert along the route of Walkers Croft and cuts across the site at
the south western corner requiring the upper floors of the music school to
cantilever substantially at this point.
Due to the city centre location and the sensitive acoustic requirements
of the music teaching and performance spaces most of the internal rooms are
independent floating boxes. The Concert
Hall has a complete independent internal structure floating on springs.
This is a project that sits at the core of the ambitions of
the Manchester
city region, which is looking to preserve and enhance its unique assets for the
long-term benefit of its people.
is the largest world class MusicSchool in the UK and is unique to the region. The
existing medieval building contains the first public library in England, which
boats amongst its’ scholars Karl Marx and is an architectural gem. It is currently not readily accessible to the
public and one of the main design principles was to create a dialogue between
the existing buildings, the new school and its wider context.
The musical heart of the
School is in a building which is no longer fit for purpose and the School has
outgrown its current building provision for teaching and learning through its
increased success and profile.
Our brief was to create a
unique contemporary new building for the musical and academic teaching
facilities, providing a state-of-the-art environment which will be a fitting
platform for the students. A public
auditorium will allow Chetham’s students to display their talents to the
public. The building itself will provide an iconic opportunity for the educational
and cultural standing of Manchester
to consolidate its position on the international scene.
Architectural Response
The site varies in elevation by approximately 6m from the
bottom of Walkers Croft to Victoria Station Approach. We propose to use the height difference as a
datum to reinforce the diversity of the buildings’ programme. The performance spaces and their associated
service spaces are located below the datum whilst the music and academic
classroom accommodation is placed above the datum. The main public entrance, foyer and ensemble
rooms are located on the datum itself. A
new bridge link allows daily secure access for the staff and pupils from the
existing school campus to the south.
The building is conceived as a carved solid, rising from the
south adjacent the grade 1 medieval building, to a fulcrum above the main
entrance to the north. The form of the
building reflects the fluid forms of musical instruments and the island nature
of the site. The elevations are
expressed horizontally and are influenced by the musical stave and
pianola.
Many challenges of the site have influenced the form and
structure of the building. The river Irk
runs in a culvert along the route of Walkers Croft and cuts across the site at
the south western corner requiring the upper floors of the music school to
cantilever substantially at this point.
Due to the city centre location and the sensitive acoustic requirements
of the music teaching and performance spaces most of the internal rooms are
independent floating boxes. The Concert
Hall has a complete independent internal structure floating on springs.
This is a project that sits at the core of the ambitions of
the Manchester
city region, which is looking to preserve and enhance its unique assets for the
long-term benefit of its people.
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