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Vision Magazine
The whole glass veil allows the other materials
– the sandstone, concrete and steelwork to sing.
Is that its great strength?
Yes, and it makes the experience within quite
effortless. There are sliding doors, opening doors,
sliding walls and they are all easy and effortless.
It’s what you hope good architecture is going to pay
attention to. It makes the experience of the place as
effortless as possible. You could easily have large,
heavy timber framed glass for example. Here it’s
just pure, frameless glass.
How large are those panels?
They’re 2.7 m. by 2.5 m.
Were they difficult to transport and install?
They were all fed in from the back of the pavilion.
They didn’t have any issues getting them to site or
into position. They were brought in on a trolley with
suction clamps and rolled into position.
Did Viridian provide you helpful technical support
throughout the process?
They were generous with their sample range
and great at providing the information we needed.
They were all easily accessible, contactable.
That was all really beneficial.
The art-form of landscape can’t be underestimated
here. Apart from your father, who else is responsible?
Michael Cook has handled the landscape and he’s
done a fantastic job here for the past 20 years.
In Praise of Place