Английская Википедия:Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre (1991–2010)
Шаблон:Short description Шаблон:EngvarB Шаблон:Use dmy dates Шаблон:For Шаблон:Infobox building Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre (known informally as "the Tube") was a piece of modern architecture designed by the architect Wil Alsop for Cardiff Bay, Wales, in 1990. It was finally dismantled in 2010. A panel of architectural experts has said the building "single-handedly put Cardiff on the architectural map".[1]
Design and construction
Architect Wil Alsop was already involved in the development of the Cardiff Bay Barrage when asked, by the Cardiff Bay Development Corporation (CBDC), to design a visitors' centre. The building was completed during the Summer of 1990,[2] located close to the Victorian Pierhead Building.[3] It cost somewhere between £350,000[2] and £500,000[4] and was intended to last only five years.[3][4]
The new building was in the shape of a long flattened tube, glazed at each end. Alsop liked to compare its shape to a disposable cigarette lighter.[2] It was constructed using a series of oval steel ribs, clad with marine plywood and covered with external skin of PVC sheeting.[2][5] Ripple-like slots were cut into the plywood, allowing dappled daylight into the interior.[3] It was shortlisted for the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Building of the Year award (forerunner of the Stirling Prize).[2]
The visitor centre was built to house an exhibition about the new Cardiff Bay development.[2] In 1993 the building needed to be moved from its location east of the Pierhead Building. Rather than permanently dismantle it, the structure was put on the back of a low-loader truck and moved to another part of the Bay.[2] It continued to house interactive exhibitions and a scale model of Cardiff.[6]
Because of its distinctive shape, the visitor centre became known locally as 'The Tube'.[4][6] In 2009 it was listed ninth in the Top Ten free attractions in Wales.[7]
Cardiff Bay Visitor Centre was listed by a panel of experts as one of the Top 50 Buildings of the 1990s, saying the building had "single-handedly put Cardiff on the architectural map".[1]
Later events
In 2006 the building's operators, Cardiff Initiative, ceased trading and The Tube closed for several weeks, reopening under the management of Cardiff Council.[6]
The Tube was finally dismantled (and put into storage) in Autumn 2010 to make way for a new link road.[4] "I'm surprised it's lasted this long," said original project architect John Lyall.[4]
Awards
- 1991 – Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) Regional Award for Architecture.[8]
- 1992 – RIBA National Award for Architecture.[8]
References
External links
- ↑ 1,0 1,1 Fiona Sturges, The 50 Best; THE BEST BUILDINGS; OF THE NINETIES, The Independent, 3 October 1998. Online version retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ↑ 2,0 2,1 2,2 2,3 2,4 2,5 2,6 Kenneth Powell, "Will Alsop book 1", Lawrence King Publishing (2001), pp. 177–179, Шаблон:ISBN
- ↑ 3,0 3,1 3,2 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
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- ↑ Cardiff Bay Visitors Centre, Architen Landrell. Retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ↑ 6,0 6,1 6,2 Phillip Nifield, Visitor centre back in business, South Wales Echo, 25 February 2006. Online version retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ↑ Martin Shipton, Cardiff promotion needs a rethink, South Wales Echo, 18 December 2009. Online version retrieved 18 March 2012.
- ↑ 8,0 8,1 Ошибка цитирования Неверный тег
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