“Mary Rose Sails into Troubled Waters” article: Quotation from the article titled “Who said what”

22/06/1995

Article Publication, Citation

Quotation of one paragraph from the subject article published in “The Daily Telegraph” as criticism about The Mary Rose project, included in the Architects’ Journal of 22-Jun-1995.

Authors:

Rowan Moore, The Architects' Journal, London, U.K.

Content of

Article

Mary Rose Sails into Troubled Waters 17/06/1995

Article

Authors:

Rowan Moore

Published in:

The Daily Telegraph

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 ...