Dow Jones Architects: Garden Museum Phase II
Sketches by Dow Jones Architects
Having completed an earlier project to reconfigure the interior of the Garden Museum’s home in London, a deconsecrated church on the south bank of the Thames near Westminster, Dow Jones Architects won a second competition in 2013 to extend the museum into the graveyard of the church. The brief required the creation of a much-needed public face for the museum addressing the street as well as a new cafe and education space.
Below are a selection of design sketches done by the practice following the competition win. They explore and develop the proposal to facilitate the expansion project within a series of garden pavilions which, together, create a garden cloister.
The pavilion scheme seen from the road.
A view of the Café, its transparency revealing the Cloister Garden and tombs within.
The Café seen from the Museum’s entrance.
The Cafe’s entrance.
A view of the Cloister Garden.
Initial section of through the Cloister Garden
A view of the interior of the Cloister Garden.
A view of the Cloister Garden looking towards the Education Room.
A view of the Education Room.
NOTES
Published 3rd May 2020.
Issue 34 of the Garden Museum’s Journal is dedicated to the project carried out by Dow Jones Architects and features a conversation between Alun Jones and Ellis Woodman. It can be downloaded here.