Carmody Groarke to create extension to Design Museum Gent
Carmody Groarke, RE-ST and TRANS Architectuur Stedenbouw have designed an extension to the design museum in Ghent, Belgium, which will form a link between its existing galleries.
Named DING ? Design in Ghent, the addition is hoped to improve circulation and provide additional exhibition space at Design Museum Gent, which currently comprises three individual buildings.
Designed by Carmody Groarke, RE-ST and TRANS Architectuur Stedenbouw, the extension will have its own street-level entrance so that it can also function independently from the museum.
"Museums are facing increasing challengers to connect visitors to their collections," explained Andy Groarke, director of Carmody Groarke.
"We were therefore very inspired by Design Museum Gent's ambition to create a new building that makes a visit to their museum relevant, inviting and accessible to all." Design Museum Gent, the only museum dedicated to design in Flanders, currently comprises three buildings: an 18th-century town mansion, a wing built in 1992 and third building named Leten House that dates back to the 16th-century.
The visuals show the entrance to DING will be positioned between Leten House and an old town house that currently contains a restaurant.
Here, the extension will be marked by large openings puncturing its facade, which are designed to increase transparency to encourage more passersby to enter.
"We wanted to create a building that is civic in character at both street leve...
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