Article

Carbuncle’s Plan for Mary Rose Sunk by Charles

10/02/1991

Article

Authors:

Sarah Lonsdale

Published in:

The Observer

Contents

Correspondence

"Carbuncle's Plan for Mary Rose Sunk by Charles" Article: Informing the magazine editor about the very positive impact the published article has had on the reader. Article on the "controversy surrounding Sea Containers' over-ambitious and insensitive plans for the naval heritage area at Portsmouth" 12/02/1991

Article Publication, Impact on Readers

Sender:

Trevor Hughes, The Maritime Preservation Society, Old Portsmouth, Hampshire, U.K.

Recipient:

Donald Trelford, The Observer, London, U.K.

Medium:

Letter

References

Projects

Mary Rose Museum 1991 to 1993

Portsmouth, Hampshire, U.K.

Civic, Designed , Not built

Client:

The Mary Rose Trust - Mr. John Vimpany & Dr. Brian Hanson

C.E.S. staff:

Christopher Alexander, Gary Black, Miyoko Tsutsui, Annie der Bedrossian

Project cost:

Expected construction cost: $15,000,000

Design and construction process:

The following are the major sequential steps of the design process: 1) Defining a word-picture of generic centers 2) Structure preserving emergence of the building volume from the urban landscape 3) The rough sketch design 4) Obtaining the structural design 5) Money distribution 6) Distribution of the main mass concrete of the building 7) Working through the finer materials, concrete, brick and stone with special regard for light and color

Project stages:

Design Development stage in progress Construction management rules and process Innovative construction methods

Museum for Henry VIII's ship, sank in 1547, raised in 1982, and then preserved in a dry dock next to HMS Victory. The museum, with an area of construction of about 8,000 square meters, was to be built over dry ...