Cover of Architecture Today magazine, no. 306, March 2020.
What is a gallery but an empty receptacle; a blank canvas against which to view unblanked canvases? It can be a place that remains static in physical form, but also lend itself to additions and insertions depending on the works it hosts at a particular time. A gallery is also a complex thing whose environment is often adjusted to meet the climatic and visual needs of delicate and old inanimate objects as well as its human visitors.
How then does a central London gallery in the Grade-II-listed Barbican Centre, with ambitious plans for future growth, adapt to the changing expectations of the public with minimal disruption and a very tight window between shows?
The March issue of Architecture Today features Rachael’s article about Ruff Architects’ access improvements to the Barbican Gallery.
Click here to read the whole article ‘Access to art’ on the Architecture Today website.