The Mary Rose Museum: Photographs of the project site

01/01/1991

Site Existing Conditions

An overview of the project site.
The photo was exhibited during the 10th Annual Louis Kahn Memorial Lecture in 1992, where Christopher Alexander was invited to give a lecture.

Photographer:

Mary Rose Trust, Portsmouth, England, U.K.

Source:

Characteristics:

15 3/4"x19 3/4", Color

Content of

Project

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 ...

References

Public Events

10th Annual Louis Kahn Memorial Lecture 28/04/1992

Museum of Archeology and Anthropology, Philadelphia, PN, U.S.A.

Invited Lecture, Academic Event

Organized by:

Louis Kahn Memorial Committee

Since 1983, the annual Louis I. Kahn Memorial Award + Talk has been Philadelphia’s signature event honoring an individual who has made significant contributions to the field of architecture. The event celebrates these achievements in memory of the storied career of Philadelphia ...