Above is the latest image from the Turner Building Site. David Chipperfield I have read does personally visit the site of his project and does come to Margate because of this project from time to time! I would really like to meet him as he is my favourite and personally i think he is the best architect today! But at last it is getting constructed and we are having one of his building right here in Thanet! Everyone should be pleased to have a fantastic design...though some of my friends at architecture school say that they are a cluster of glass sheds (like Thanet Concrete...sorry Earth) but I think they are fantastic...but Margate needs something else! My friemd who studies Fine Art at UCA in Canterbury conducted a survey. Half here in Thanet and the rest in Canterbury ( out of Thanet) She asked question that supposedly the Council did not Turn to the public and ask.
They were questions like:
Have you heard of it?
Do you know what it will look like?
Do you think it fits into its context?
Will use use any of the proposed workshops or gallerys?
and do you think it is a good idea?
the responses were amazing! Most of people in Thanet reponded with bad often wild comments towards Margate and the proposed Turner Centre shooting it down! The thing is because of the lack of public involvement of the proposal...instead more behind closed doors...the public get slightly irritated and like to express their opinions (Which the council should listen to...as architects do! Let's face it David did! it is professional to use the response of the public and listen to each person's opinion- and take it face to face! You'll get a better project! And it will please the public, they will be proud to live in the place...bringing better responses and more tourists...also more money! People out of Thanet (in Canterbury) did not know its appearence...what it was...they just about heard of it...UCA (University for the Creative Arts) has joined in, but due to national identity for it, the far it has reached are is the outskirts of Canterbury! We will need Margate's identity finely re-tuned again and more prospect if we are to get it back on the map though...building work only creates jobs for a limited time...when it is in construction...we need permenant things like Dreamland! Or ask the public on their views for the best ideas to boost Thanet's tourism to 1950's Heights before the slow slump in the 60's to todays mess!
3 comments:
My main reservations are:
1 That the salt spray there will adversely effect the recycled glass, so that it won’t sparkle for long.
2 That it just isn’t big enough in terms of gallery space, looking at the plans the actual area that will be gallery is about the same as the M&S building in the High Street.
3 Selling the adjacent land, so that there will be no car park, will make it difficult for those people visiting by car.
4 That too many people making the decisions about Margate’s regeneration see it as being much more significant than it really is
While I agree with most your points Michael, there's actually plenty of car parking (& coach parking) space just around the corner outside The Winter Gardens & The Lido...& it's free! In fact there were a several coaches there today. True, the car park gets pretty crowded if there's a big event on at The Winter Gardens, but as these are mostly in the evening then it shouldn't affect The Turner Centre too much.
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