The Laban Dance Centre from Ha' Penny Hatch Foot Bridge on Deptford Creek
Shot of the Laban Dance Centre, Deptford Creek, Lewisham, South East London with Canary Wharf in the background. This area has now been overdeveloped with many high-rise blocks of "luxury Flats"! The Laban Centre for Movement and Dance, founded by Hungarian artist Rudolf Laban over half a century ago, was originally known as the Art of Movement Studio. It has become one of the most distinguished dance conservatories in the world. In 1997, the Center convened a contest to choose the project for the new headquarters. Swiss architects Jacques Herzog and Pierre de Meuron with the artist Michael Craig-Martin, designed the winning project. Herzog and de Meuron use of industrial heritage of the city, the material substance of the project. The project as a whole, is imbued by a sense of value, driven by the architects, clients and users. Are especially prominent in the building facades multicolores. Panels are composed of transparent or translucent glass, distinguishing features of the sites where they are. Polycarbonate panels of color are placed on the glass, to serve as shields from the sun and reflexes as well as contribute to energy savings. The facades do not maintain a stable but change color according to the incidence of sunlight, turning light green in color, turquoise, yellow and magenta. The outer skin can both states espejar time left to see the activities inside the building. The outer skin of polycarbonate laminate is separated from the structure of the building by a zone of thermal and acoustic insulation, with vents above and below. All the windows are interrupted polycarbonate glass mirrors. During the day, they obscure the visual window into the interior to passersby shelter context. In the study of light dancing through the polycarbonate provides a backdrop of changing color to the walls of translucent glass. At night, the Laban Center acts as a beacon of light to spread its public gardens and the environment, transforming the landscape.
Size: 4975px × 3408px
Location: Ha' Penny Hatch Foot Bridge on Deptford Creek, Deptford, Lewisham, London, UK
Photo credit: © John Gaffen 2 / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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