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                          Adjaye Associates
128                       Rivington Place
         Projects




                          text by Fabio Cutroni
                          Località Location                         Rivington Street, London, United Kingdom

                          Progettisti Architects                    Adjaye Associates

                          Committente Client                        Sense of place Autograph ABP and (Iniva) Institute of International Visual Arts

                          Finanziamenti Supporters                  Arts Council England, Barclays Bank plc, London Development Agency,
                                                                    City Fringe Partnership, European Regional Development Fund, Hackney Council,
                                                                    Bridge House Trust, Clifford Chance

                          Project Manager Project manager           Bucknall Austin, Geoff Mayling, John Burgess

                          Ingegneria impiantistica                  Michael Popper Associates
                          Service engineer

                          Controllo computi                         Bucknall Austin
                          Planning and quantity supervisor

                          Ingegneria strutture                      Techniker
                          Structural engineer

                          Consulente accessibilità                  Earnscliffe Davies Associates
                          Access consultant

                          Consulente facciate                       Conell Mott MacDonald
                          Façade consultant

                          Consulente acustica                       Hann Tucker
                          Acoustic consultant

                          Impresa edile Contractor                  Blenheim House Construction

                          Progetto Project time                     2003 – 2007

                          Superficie complessiva Total floor area   1445m2




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Progetti Rivington Place           “La mia architettura si basa su una concreta                  un blocco compatto che impone la sua presenza              1
                                                                                                                                                                L’atrio a tripla altezza
                                       comprensione del contesto londinese. I miei pro-              attraverso l’enigmatica trama a scacchiera esi-            è illuminato attraverso
                                       getti sono molto diretti ed esprimono estrema                 bita dalle coriacee facciate principali. L’edificio,       bucature vetrate e pannelli
                                       chiarezza, sono un’interpretazione di Londra”.                inaugurato nell’ottobre del 2007, ospita le sedi           luminosi
                                       David Adjaye, giovane progettista emergente – di              amministrative dell’Institute of International             2
                                                                                                                                                                Pianta del piano terra:
                                       origine africana, ma inglese d’adozione – sem-                Visual Art e dell’Autograph ABP (Association of            1. caffetteria; 2. atrio;
                                       bra aver assimilato la lezione appresa negli studi            Black Photographers), due organizzazioni che               3. galleria espositiva
                                       di Chipperfield e Souto de Moura. Una lezione                 da circa vent’anni si interessano al lavoro di             3
                                       di rigore, semplicità, misura. Tuttavia, la sua               artisti provenienti da ambiti culturali differenti,        Pianta del primo piano:
                                                                                                                                                                4. spazio didattico;
                                       spiccata sensibilità artistica, coltivata attraver-           promuovendo lo sviluppo e la diffusione di spe-            5. uffici; 6. servizi
                                       so gli studi al Royal College of Art e, in seguito,           rimentazioni nel campo delle arti visive.                  4
                                       attraverso le amicizie e le collaborazioni con                Il massiccio volume prismatico marca l’ango-               Pianta del secondo piano:
                                       artisti quali Henna Nadeem, Olafur Eliasson e                 lo tra Rivington Street, su cui si allinea il fronte       7. auditorium; 8. biblioteca
                                                                                                                                                                5
                                       Chris Ofili, lo induce a considerare l’architettura           sud – largo poco più di 11 metri – e Rivington             L’edificio visto da Rivington
                                       come opera d’arte concettuale, capace di espri-               Place, un’angusta strada chiusa lungo la qua-              Street. In primo piano la
                                       mere un’idea e, nello stesso tempo, di suscitare              le si dispiega l’imponente fronte est – lungo 35           vetrata a doppia altezza
                                       un’emozione, di stimolare una reazione in chi la              metri – su cui si apre l’atrio d’ingresso, appena          della galleria espositiva
                                                                                                                                                                principale
                                       osserva, di influenzare il comportamento di chi               segnalato da un pannello metallico ruotante a
                                       la vive. Così, anche nel caso di Rivington Place –            bandiera. Le due facciate principali – essendo
                                       uno dei suoi primi incarichi pubblici – l’impatto             quella ad ovest cieca e quella a nord, verso un
                                       emotivo dell’immagine prevale sulla possibilità               piccolo parcheggio di servizio, semplicemente
                                       di una lettura immediata.                                     intonacata – sono caratterizzate dall’ambigua
                                       Un lotto rettangolare dalle proporzioni allunga-              tessitura geometrica di un reticolo a maglie ret-
                                       te; incastrato, quasi soffocato tra le fitte maglie           tangolari che ne traccia il pattern superficiale;
                                       del tessuto urbano di Shoreditch – quartiere pe-              questo reticolo, oltretutto, si deforma attraverso
                                       riferico a nord-est di Londra – viene saturato da             il progressivo dilatarsi dei campi verticali, man




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                                                                                                                                                                The triple-height hall is
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                                                                                                                                                                illuminated panels
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                                                                                                                                                                Plan of the ground floor:
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                                                                                                                                                                1. cafe; 2. hall;
                                                                                                                                                                3. exhibition gallery
                                                                                                                                                                3
                                                                           6       6                                                                            Plan of the first floor:
                                                                                                                                                                4. didactic area;
                                                                                                                                                                5. offices; 6. bathrooms
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                                                                                                                                                                Plan of the second floor:
                                                                                                                                                                7. auditorium; 8. library
                                                                           8                     2                                      7                       5
                                                                                                                                                                The building seen from
                                                                                                                                                                Rivington Street. The
                                                                                                                                                                double-height glazing of
                                                                                                                                                                the main exhibition gallery
                                   4                                                                                                                            is visible in the foreground




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6                                     mano che ci si addentra in Rivington Place, in        circa 50cm che conferisce plasticità scultorea
                          Vista dell’angolo
                          nord-ovest dal piccolo
                                                                modo da contrastare l’effetto prospettico della       all’intero fronte. Gli otto ricorsi orizzontali del-
                          parcheggio di servizio, in            visuale angolata da Rivington Street, facendo         le bucature non coincidono con i cinque livelli
                          corrispondenza delle scale            così apparire l’edificio più corto di quanto non      funzionali, in quanto ad ogni piano – ad ecce-
                          di sicurezza                          sia in realtà. Al contrario, l’altezza delle fasce    zione dei primi due – corrispondono due file di
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                          Sezione longitudinale.
                                                                orizzontali si riduce procedendo dal basso ver-       finestre; se è vero che tale contrazione scalare
                          In evidenza la galleria               so l’alto, producendo un’accelerazione prospet-       nel trattamento delle facciate rende illeggibile la
                          espositiva a doppia altezza,          tica che genera l’impressione di uno sviluppo         reale distribuzione degli spazi interni e la stra-
                          l’atrio a tripla altezza e            verticale maggiore di quello effettivo. Tale ma-      tificazione dei piani, d’altra parte la diversa al-
                          la copertura a “denti di
                          sega” degli uffici all’ultimo
                                                                cro–orditura delle facciate, quindi, definisce le     tezza di quei ricorsi sembra ancora alludere alla
                          piano: 1. caffetteria;                proporzioni e le dimensioni dei pannelli prefab-      sovrapposizione degli elementi canonici degli
                          2. atrio; 3. galleria                 bricati in calcestruzzo color antracite – spessi      spartiti classici e rinascimentali. In effetti, il pro-
                          espositiva; 4. spazio                 10cm – che realizzano la scacchiera dei pieni;        filo a “denti di sega” della copertura – chiara ci-
                          didattico; 5. uffici;
                          6. servizi; 7. auditorium;
                                                                su questa s’innesta l’imprevedibile alternarsi        tazione delle architetture industriali della zona,
                          8. biblioteca; 9. studio              dei pannelli in alluminio nero lucido – montati       seppure anch’esso impostato sul ritmo variabile
                                                                a filo esterno – e degli infissi vetrati, montati a   delle scansioni verticali del prospetto – realizza
                                                                filo esterno su Rivington Street e a filo interno     un vero e proprio coronamento che punta la sua
                                                                su Rivington Place – con un arretramento di           sagoma tagliente verso il cielo.




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                          6                                     “My architecture is based on a concrete under-        and almost suffocated by the dense urban tis-
                          View of the north-western             standing of London. My projects are very direct       sue of Shoreditch – a neighborhood on the
                          corner with the small
                          service parking area, near            and express great clarity, they are an interpre-      north–eastern outskirts of London – is saturat-
                          the emergency stairs                  tation of London”.                                    ed by a compact block that makes its presence
                          7                                     David Adjaye, a young emergent architect – of         felt through the enigmatic chessboard pattern
                          Longitudinal cutaway,                 African origin but British by choice – appears        flaunted by the harsh main facades. The build-
                          showing the double-height
                          exhibition gallery, the               to have assimilated the lessons learnt in the         ing, which was opened in October 2007, hosts
                          triple-height hall and the            firms of Chipperfield and Souto de Moura. A           the administrative headquarters of the Institute
                          saw-tooth roof of the offices         lesson of rigor, simplicity and measure. But his      of International Visual Art and the Autograph
                          on the top floor: 1. cafe;            marked artistic sensibility, cultivated through       ABP (Association of Black Photographers),
                          2. hall; 3. exhibition gallery;
                          4. didactic area; 5. offices;         his studies at the Royal College of Art and later     two organizations that have, for about twenty
                          6. bathrooms;                         his friendship and collaborations with artists        years, dedicated themselves to the work of art-
                          7. auditorium; 8. library;            as Henna Nadeem, Olafur Eliasson and Chris            ists from different cultural contexts, promoting
                          9. study                              Ofili, have made him consider architecture as         the development and diffusion of experimenta-
                                                                a work of conceptual art, capable of express-         tion in the field of visual arts.
                                                                ing an idea and, at the same time, to elicit an       The massive prismatic volume dominates the
                                                                emotion, to trigger a reaction in the observer,       corner between Rivington Street, on which the
                                                                influence the behavior of those who live in it.       southern façade – not much more than 11 me-
                                                                Thus, also in the case of Rivington Place – one       ters wide – is aligned, and Rivington Place, a
                                                                of his first public assignments – the emotional       narrow closed street along which the impos-
                                                                impact of the image prevails on any possible          ing 35 meters long eastern façade develops;
                                                                immediate reading.                                    the entrance hall, discreetly indicated by a piv-
                                                                An elongated rectangular plot, wedged into            oting sign, is accessible from this side of the




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                                                                                                                                                   La scala dell’atrio a tripla
                                                                                                                                                   altezza. Il corrimano e
                                                                                                                                                   ricavato in un “ritaglio”
                                                                                                                                                   illuminato del muro
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                                                                                                                                                   Pianta del terzo piano:
                                                                                                                                                   5. uffici; 6. servizi
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                                                                                                                                                   Pianta del quarto piano:
                                                                                                                                                   5. uffici
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                                                                                                                                                   Gli uffici al terzo piano,
                                                                                                                                                   in corrispondenza
                                                                                                                                                   dell’angolo tra Rivington
                                                                                                                                                   Street e Rivington Place.
                                                                                                                                                   In evidenza la disposizione
                                                                                                                                                   a scacchiera delle
                                                                                                                                                   bucature, ora a filo del
                                                                                                                                                   pavimento, ora a filo del
                                                                                                                                                   soffitto




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                                          building. The two main facades – the western       the façade on Rivington street and recessed by        8
                                          one is blind and the northern, which faces a       about 50cm on Rivington Place; the overall im-        The stairs in the triple-
                                                                                                                                                   height hall. The handrail
                                          small parking area for service use, is simply      pression is one of sculptural plasticity.
                                                                                                                                                   is housed by a lit “cut” in
                                          plastered – are characterized by the ambiguous     The eight horizontal rows of openings and pan-        the wall
                                          geometric plot of a grid formed by rectangu-       els do not correspond to the five floors, since       9
                                          lar modules; the grid is moreover defined by       each of them – except the first two – has two         Plan of the third floor:
                                                                                                                                                   5. offices; 6. bathrooms
                                          a progressive expansion of the vertical fields,    rows of openings; while this gradual reduction
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                                          towards the interior of Rivington Place, that      in scale makes it impossible to perceive the          Plan of the fourth floor:
                                          contrasts with the perspective effect of the an-   actual distribution of the interiors and the po-      5. offices
                                          gular view from Rivington street, something        sition of the floors, on the other hand the differ-   11
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                                                                                                                                                   The offices on the third
                                          which makes the building appear shorter than       ent heights of these rows also seem to suggest
                                                                                                                                                   floor, by the corner
                                          it really is. On the other hand, the horizontal    the superimposition of the canonical elements         between Rivington Street
                                          bands become narrower towards the top; the         that determine the proportions of classical and       and Rivington Place.
                                          result is a perspective acceleration that gives    Renaissance buildings. Indeed, the sawtooth           Notice the chessboard
                                                                                                                                                   arrangement of the
                                          an impression of greater height. The façade        profile of the roof – a clear reference to the
                                                                                                                                                   openings, some on floor
                                          grid therefore determines the proportions and      industrial architectures in the neighborhood,         level and some flush with
                                          dimensions of the 10cm thick prefabricated         even if also this is based on the variable verti-     the ceiling
                                          panels in anthracite gray concrete which form      cal rhythm determined by the facades – forms
                                          the enormous chessboard: this arrangement          a true crown, pointing its cutting outline to-
                                          features an unpredictable alternation of pan-      wards the sky. The cryptic and gloomy sullen-
                                          els in glossy black aluminium – flush with the     ness of the exterior is belied by the surpris-
                                          concrete plates – and the windows, flush with      ing luminosity and welcoming atmosphere




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Progetti Rivington Place              All’ermetica e cupa scontrosità dell’esterno si       sta, di sicuro tra gli ambienti più suggestivi del
                                          contrappone la sorprendente luminosità ed             complesso, l’effetto di smaterializzazione del-
                                          accoglienza degli interni. I quasi 1500mq della       le pareti esterne – ricercato mediante il gioco
                                          pianta sono distribuiti da un atrio a tripla altez-   delle bucature disposte casualmente, ora a filo
                                          za attorno al quale gravitano gli spazi aperti al     del calpestio, ora a filo del soffitto – è moltipli-
                                          pubblico e si attestano i collegamenti verticali.     cato dalle scaffalature in compensato di betul-
                                          Al piano terra, mentre la galleria espositiva prin-   la che ne foderano interamente il lato interno.
                                          cipale si proietta su Rivington Street attraverso     La serie degli ambiti funzionali si conclude con
                                          un’ampia vetrata a doppia altezza, il caffè si af-    gli uffici amministrativi agli ultimi due livelli,
                                          faccia in fondo a Rivington Place con un’aper-        serviti unicamente dagli ascensori e dalle scale
                                          tura orizzontale che taglia il prospetto fino alla    di sicurezza. Al quarto piano, in particolare, la
                                          hall d’ingresso. Al primo piano sono ricavati un      compressione verticale dello spazio è bilanciata
                                          laboratorio didattico ed una sala per riunioni.       dagli scatti acuminati della copertura a “shed”,
                                          Al secondo piano trovano posto un’altra gal-          con le pareti verticali inaspettatamente chiuse e,
                                          leria espositiva, che – grazie ad un sistema di       viceversa, magicamente illuminate da sporadici
                                          pedane telescopiche – può essere trasformata          lucernari rettangolari scavati nelle estese super-
                                          in piccolo auditorio, ed una biblioteca. In que-      fici inclinate verso nord.




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        Gli uffici all’ultimo piano.
        La copertura a “shed”
        presenta le pareti verticali
        cieche e quelle inclinate
        “scavate” da sporadici
        lucernari
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        Sezione trasversale                        2
        sull’atrio a tripla altezza e
        sulla scala di sicurezza:
        2. uffici; 5. atrio
        14
        La biblioteca al secondo
        piano, in corrispondenza
        dell’angolo tra Rivington
        Street e Rivington Place.                  2
        Le pareti sono interamente
        foderate da una “boiserie”
        in compensato di betulla




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                               Dettaglio della parete
                                                                                                                                                           7
                               esterna, in corrispondenza
                               degli infissi vetrati arretrati
                               di 50cm:
                               1. pannello prefabbricato
                                                                 2
                               in calcestruzzo; 2. pannello
                               isolante H42/482; 3. infisso;
                               4. impermeabilizzazione;
                               5. lamiera d’alluminio;
                               6. barriera al vapore;
                               7. pannello in cartongesso;
                               8. pavimento
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                               Gli uffici all’ultimo livello.
                               In primo piano uno dei
                               lucernari “scavati” nelle
                               superfici inclinate della
                               copertura a “shed”
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                               Scorcio dell’atrio a
                               tripla altezza dalla scala
                               principale




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                               The offices on the top
                               floor. The “shed” roof has        3
                               blind vertical walls, while
                               the inclined ones are
                               “excavated” by a scattering
                               of skylights
                               13
                               Transversal cutaway of the
                               triple-height hall and the        6
                               emergency stairs:
                               2. offices; 5. hall
                               14
                               The library on the second
                               floor, by the corner
                               between Rivington Street
                               and Rivington Place.
                                                                     15
                               The walls are lined by
                               a “wainscot” in beech
                               plywood
                               15
                               Detail of the external wall,
                               by the windows recessed
                               by 50cm: 1. prefabricated                  of the interior. The almost 1500m2 of the plan        casual arrangement of the windows, some of
                               concrete panel;                            are distributed by a triple-height atrium on          which are on floor level while others reach
                               2. insulating panel type                   which the public areas center, and which pro-         the ceiling, an effect which is accentuated by
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                               H42/482; 3. casing;
                               4. waterproofing; 5. sheet                 vides access to stairs and elevators. While the       the shelves in birch plywood which cover the
                               aluminium; 6. insulating                   main exhibition gallery faces Rivington Street        entire inner wall. The sequence of functional
                               panel type H42/482;                        through an ample double-height glazed front,          rooms is concluded with the administrative of-
                               7. plasterboard; 8. floor                  the café overlooks the end of Rivington Place         fices on the last two floors, only accessible by
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                               The offices on the top                     from a horizontal window that cuts the per-           the elevators and the emergency stairs. On the
                               floor. One of the skylights                spective all the way to the entrance hall. The        fourth floor, in particular, the vertical compres-
                               “excavated” in the inclined                second floor features another exhibition gal-         sion of the space is offset by the sequence of
                               surfaces of the shed                       lery – a system of telescopic platforms makes         higher points formed by the shed roof and the
                               roof are visible in the
                               foreground                                 it possible to transform it into a small audito-      unexpectedly closed vertical walls, while the
                               17                                         rium – and a library. In the latter, definitely one   skylights opened here and there in the large
                               View of the triple-height                  of the most fascinating rooms in the building,        sloping surfaces facing north create a magical
                               hall from the main stairs                  the walls appear dematerialized thanks to the         illumination.




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              Informazioni
              Information

              Illuminazione   ALC Architectural
              Lighting        Lighting & Controls Ltd

              Cemento         HIBEX
              Concrete

              Ceramica        Firezone
              Glazing         (Specialist Glazing Ltd)
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Rivington Place in London

  • 1. Progetti Adjaye Associates 128 Rivington Place Projects text by Fabio Cutroni Località Location Rivington Street, London, United Kingdom Progettisti Architects Adjaye Associates Committente Client Sense of place Autograph ABP and (Iniva) Institute of International Visual Arts Finanziamenti Supporters Arts Council England, Barclays Bank plc, London Development Agency, City Fringe Partnership, European Regional Development Fund, Hackney Council, Bridge House Trust, Clifford Chance Project Manager Project manager Bucknall Austin, Geoff Mayling, John Burgess Ingegneria impiantistica Michael Popper Associates Service engineer Controllo computi Bucknall Austin Planning and quantity supervisor Ingegneria strutture Techniker Structural engineer Consulente accessibilità Earnscliffe Davies Associates Access consultant Consulente facciate Conell Mott MacDonald Façade consultant Consulente acustica Hann Tucker Acoustic consultant Impresa edile Contractor Blenheim House Construction Progetto Project time 2003 – 2007 Superficie complessiva Total floor area 1445m2 128-139 ADJAYE.indd 128 30-07-2008 11:25:50
  • 2. Ed Reeve 1 128-139 ADJAYE.indd 129 30-07-2008 11:25:52
  • 3. Progetti Rivington Place “La mia architettura si basa su una concreta un blocco compatto che impone la sua presenza 1 L’atrio a tripla altezza comprensione del contesto londinese. I miei pro- attraverso l’enigmatica trama a scacchiera esi- è illuminato attraverso getti sono molto diretti ed esprimono estrema bita dalle coriacee facciate principali. L’edificio, bucature vetrate e pannelli chiarezza, sono un’interpretazione di Londra”. inaugurato nell’ottobre del 2007, ospita le sedi luminosi David Adjaye, giovane progettista emergente – di amministrative dell’Institute of International 2 Pianta del piano terra: origine africana, ma inglese d’adozione – sem- Visual Art e dell’Autograph ABP (Association of 1. caffetteria; 2. atrio; bra aver assimilato la lezione appresa negli studi Black Photographers), due organizzazioni che 3. galleria espositiva di Chipperfield e Souto de Moura. Una lezione da circa vent’anni si interessano al lavoro di 3 di rigore, semplicità, misura. Tuttavia, la sua artisti provenienti da ambiti culturali differenti, Pianta del primo piano: 4. spazio didattico; spiccata sensibilità artistica, coltivata attraver- promuovendo lo sviluppo e la diffusione di spe- 5. uffici; 6. servizi so gli studi al Royal College of Art e, in seguito, rimentazioni nel campo delle arti visive. 4 attraverso le amicizie e le collaborazioni con Il massiccio volume prismatico marca l’ango- Pianta del secondo piano: artisti quali Henna Nadeem, Olafur Eliasson e lo tra Rivington Street, su cui si allinea il fronte 7. auditorium; 8. biblioteca 5 Chris Ofili, lo induce a considerare l’architettura sud – largo poco più di 11 metri – e Rivington L’edificio visto da Rivington come opera d’arte concettuale, capace di espri- Place, un’angusta strada chiusa lungo la qua- Street. In primo piano la mere un’idea e, nello stesso tempo, di suscitare le si dispiega l’imponente fronte est – lungo 35 vetrata a doppia altezza un’emozione, di stimolare una reazione in chi la metri – su cui si apre l’atrio d’ingresso, appena della galleria espositiva principale osserva, di influenzare il comportamento di chi segnalato da un pannello metallico ruotante a la vive. Così, anche nel caso di Rivington Place – bandiera. Le due facciate principali – essendo uno dei suoi primi incarichi pubblici – l’impatto quella ad ovest cieca e quella a nord, verso un emotivo dell’immagine prevale sulla possibilità piccolo parcheggio di servizio, semplicemente di una lettura immediata. intonacata – sono caratterizzate dall’ambigua Un lotto rettangolare dalle proporzioni allunga- tessitura geometrica di un reticolo a maglie ret- te; incastrato, quasi soffocato tra le fitte maglie tangolari che ne traccia il pattern superficiale; del tessuto urbano di Shoreditch – quartiere pe- questo reticolo, oltretutto, si deforma attraverso riferico a nord-est di Londra – viene saturato da il progressivo dilatarsi dei campi verticali, man 130 3 2 1 A A 2 0 1 3m 6 6 5 4 1 The triple-height hall is 3 lit by glazed openings and illuminated panels 2 Plan of the ground floor: Projects Rivington Place 1. cafe; 2. hall; 3. exhibition gallery 3 6 6 Plan of the first floor: 4. didactic area; 5. offices; 6. bathrooms 4 Plan of the second floor: 7. auditorium; 8. library 8 2 7 5 The building seen from Rivington Street. The double-height glazing of the main exhibition gallery 4 is visible in the foreground 128-139 ADJAYE.indd 130 30-07-2008 11:25:56
  • 4. Ed Reeve 5 128-139 ADJAYE.indd 131 30-07-2008 11:25:57
  • 5. 132 Projects Rivington Place Progetti Rivington Place 6 Ed Reeve 128-139 ADJAYE.indd 132 30-07-2008 11:26:03
  • 6. 6 mano che ci si addentra in Rivington Place, in circa 50cm che conferisce plasticità scultorea Vista dell’angolo nord-ovest dal piccolo modo da contrastare l’effetto prospettico della all’intero fronte. Gli otto ricorsi orizzontali del- parcheggio di servizio, in visuale angolata da Rivington Street, facendo le bucature non coincidono con i cinque livelli corrispondenza delle scale così apparire l’edificio più corto di quanto non funzionali, in quanto ad ogni piano – ad ecce- di sicurezza sia in realtà. Al contrario, l’altezza delle fasce zione dei primi due – corrispondono due file di 7 Sezione longitudinale. orizzontali si riduce procedendo dal basso ver- finestre; se è vero che tale contrazione scalare In evidenza la galleria so l’alto, producendo un’accelerazione prospet- nel trattamento delle facciate rende illeggibile la espositiva a doppia altezza, tica che genera l’impressione di uno sviluppo reale distribuzione degli spazi interni e la stra- l’atrio a tripla altezza e verticale maggiore di quello effettivo. Tale ma- tificazione dei piani, d’altra parte la diversa al- la copertura a “denti di sega” degli uffici all’ultimo cro–orditura delle facciate, quindi, definisce le tezza di quei ricorsi sembra ancora alludere alla piano: 1. caffetteria; proporzioni e le dimensioni dei pannelli prefab- sovrapposizione degli elementi canonici degli 2. atrio; 3. galleria bricati in calcestruzzo color antracite – spessi spartiti classici e rinascimentali. In effetti, il pro- espositiva; 4. spazio 10cm – che realizzano la scacchiera dei pieni; filo a “denti di sega” della copertura – chiara ci- didattico; 5. uffici; 6. servizi; 7. auditorium; su questa s’innesta l’imprevedibile alternarsi tazione delle architetture industriali della zona, 8. biblioteca; 9. studio dei pannelli in alluminio nero lucido – montati seppure anch’esso impostato sul ritmo variabile a filo esterno – e degli infissi vetrati, montati a delle scansioni verticali del prospetto – realizza filo esterno su Rivington Street e a filo interno un vero e proprio coronamento che punta la sua su Rivington Place – con un arretramento di sagoma tagliente verso il cielo. 9 5 5 7 8 5 2 4 3 1 7 0 1 3m 6 “My architecture is based on a concrete under- and almost suffocated by the dense urban tis- View of the north-western standing of London. My projects are very direct sue of Shoreditch – a neighborhood on the corner with the small service parking area, near and express great clarity, they are an interpre- north–eastern outskirts of London – is saturat- the emergency stairs tation of London”. ed by a compact block that makes its presence 7 David Adjaye, a young emergent architect – of felt through the enigmatic chessboard pattern Longitudinal cutaway, African origin but British by choice – appears flaunted by the harsh main facades. The build- showing the double-height exhibition gallery, the to have assimilated the lessons learnt in the ing, which was opened in October 2007, hosts triple-height hall and the firms of Chipperfield and Souto de Moura. A the administrative headquarters of the Institute saw-tooth roof of the offices lesson of rigor, simplicity and measure. But his of International Visual Art and the Autograph on the top floor: 1. cafe; marked artistic sensibility, cultivated through ABP (Association of Black Photographers), 2. hall; 3. exhibition gallery; 4. didactic area; 5. offices; his studies at the Royal College of Art and later two organizations that have, for about twenty 6. bathrooms; his friendship and collaborations with artists years, dedicated themselves to the work of art- 7. auditorium; 8. library; as Henna Nadeem, Olafur Eliasson and Chris ists from different cultural contexts, promoting 9. study Ofili, have made him consider architecture as the development and diffusion of experimenta- a work of conceptual art, capable of express- tion in the field of visual arts. ing an idea and, at the same time, to elicit an The massive prismatic volume dominates the emotion, to trigger a reaction in the observer, corner between Rivington Street, on which the influence the behavior of those who live in it. southern façade – not much more than 11 me- Thus, also in the case of Rivington Place – one ters wide – is aligned, and Rivington Place, a of his first public assignments – the emotional narrow closed street along which the impos- impact of the image prevails on any possible ing 35 meters long eastern façade develops; immediate reading. the entrance hall, discreetly indicated by a piv- An elongated rectangular plot, wedged into oting sign, is accessible from this side of the 128-139 ADJAYE.indd 133 30-07-2008 11:26:09
  • 7. Progetti Rivington Place 8 La scala dell’atrio a tripla altezza. Il corrimano e ricavato in un “ritaglio” illuminato del muro 9 Pianta del terzo piano: 5. uffici; 6. servizi 10 Pianta del quarto piano: 5. uffici 11 Gli uffici al terzo piano, in corrispondenza dell’angolo tra Rivington Street e Rivington Place. In evidenza la disposizione a scacchiera delle bucature, ora a filo del pavimento, ora a filo del soffitto 134 Ed Reeve 8 building. The two main facades – the western the façade on Rivington street and recessed by 8 one is blind and the northern, which faces a about 50cm on Rivington Place; the overall im- The stairs in the triple- height hall. The handrail small parking area for service use, is simply pression is one of sculptural plasticity. is housed by a lit “cut” in plastered – are characterized by the ambiguous The eight horizontal rows of openings and pan- the wall geometric plot of a grid formed by rectangu- els do not correspond to the five floors, since 9 lar modules; the grid is moreover defined by each of them – except the first two – has two Plan of the third floor: 5. offices; 6. bathrooms a progressive expansion of the vertical fields, rows of openings; while this gradual reduction 10 towards the interior of Rivington Place, that in scale makes it impossible to perceive the Plan of the fourth floor: contrasts with the perspective effect of the an- actual distribution of the interiors and the po- 5. offices gular view from Rivington street, something sition of the floors, on the other hand the differ- 11 Projects Rivington Place The offices on the third which makes the building appear shorter than ent heights of these rows also seem to suggest floor, by the corner it really is. On the other hand, the horizontal the superimposition of the canonical elements between Rivington Street bands become narrower towards the top; the that determine the proportions of classical and and Rivington Place. result is a perspective acceleration that gives Renaissance buildings. Indeed, the sawtooth Notice the chessboard arrangement of the an impression of greater height. The façade profile of the roof – a clear reference to the openings, some on floor grid therefore determines the proportions and industrial architectures in the neighborhood, level and some flush with dimensions of the 10cm thick prefabricated even if also this is based on the variable verti- the ceiling panels in anthracite gray concrete which form cal rhythm determined by the facades – forms the enormous chessboard: this arrangement a true crown, pointing its cutting outline to- features an unpredictable alternation of pan- wards the sky. The cryptic and gloomy sullen- els in glossy black aluminium – flush with the ness of the exterior is belied by the surpris- concrete plates – and the windows, flush with ing luminosity and welcoming atmosphere 128-139 ADJAYE.indd 134 30-07-2008 11:26:11
  • 8. 5 5 6 6 5 5 5 5 5 5 9 0 1 3m 5 5 5 5 5 10 Ed Reeve 11 128-139 ADJAYE.indd 135 30-07-2008 11:26:19
  • 9. Progetti Rivington Place All’ermetica e cupa scontrosità dell’esterno si sta, di sicuro tra gli ambienti più suggestivi del contrappone la sorprendente luminosità ed complesso, l’effetto di smaterializzazione del- accoglienza degli interni. I quasi 1500mq della le pareti esterne – ricercato mediante il gioco pianta sono distribuiti da un atrio a tripla altez- delle bucature disposte casualmente, ora a filo za attorno al quale gravitano gli spazi aperti al del calpestio, ora a filo del soffitto – è moltipli- pubblico e si attestano i collegamenti verticali. cato dalle scaffalature in compensato di betul- Al piano terra, mentre la galleria espositiva prin- la che ne foderano interamente il lato interno. cipale si proietta su Rivington Street attraverso La serie degli ambiti funzionali si conclude con un’ampia vetrata a doppia altezza, il caffè si af- gli uffici amministrativi agli ultimi due livelli, faccia in fondo a Rivington Place con un’aper- serviti unicamente dagli ascensori e dalle scale tura orizzontale che taglia il prospetto fino alla di sicurezza. Al quarto piano, in particolare, la hall d’ingresso. Al primo piano sono ricavati un compressione verticale dello spazio è bilanciata laboratorio didattico ed una sala per riunioni. dagli scatti acuminati della copertura a “shed”, Al secondo piano trovano posto un’altra gal- con le pareti verticali inaspettatamente chiuse e, leria espositiva, che – grazie ad un sistema di viceversa, magicamente illuminate da sporadici pedane telescopiche – può essere trasformata lucernari rettangolari scavati nelle estese super- in piccolo auditorio, ed una biblioteca. In que- fici inclinate verso nord. 136 Projects Rivington Place Ed Reeve 12 128-139 ADJAYE.indd 136 30-07-2008 11:26:26
  • 10. 12 Gli uffici all’ultimo piano. La copertura a “shed” presenta le pareti verticali cieche e quelle inclinate “scavate” da sporadici lucernari 13 Sezione trasversale 2 sull’atrio a tripla altezza e sulla scala di sicurezza: 2. uffici; 5. atrio 14 La biblioteca al secondo piano, in corrispondenza dell’angolo tra Rivington Street e Rivington Place. 2 Le pareti sono interamente foderate da una “boiserie” in compensato di betulla 5 13 0 1 3m Ed Reeve 14 128-139 ADJAYE.indd 137 30-07-2008 11:26:33
  • 11. Progetti Rivington Place 15 1 Dettaglio della parete 7 esterna, in corrispondenza degli infissi vetrati arretrati di 50cm: 1. pannello prefabbricato 2 in calcestruzzo; 2. pannello isolante H42/482; 3. infisso; 4. impermeabilizzazione; 5. lamiera d’alluminio; 6. barriera al vapore; 7. pannello in cartongesso; 8. pavimento 16 Gli uffici all’ultimo livello. In primo piano uno dei lucernari “scavati” nelle superfici inclinate della copertura a “shed” 17 Scorcio dell’atrio a tripla altezza dalla scala principale 3 4 5 8 138 1 12 The offices on the top floor. The “shed” roof has 3 blind vertical walls, while the inclined ones are “excavated” by a scattering of skylights 13 Transversal cutaway of the triple-height hall and the 6 emergency stairs: 2. offices; 5. hall 14 The library on the second floor, by the corner between Rivington Street and Rivington Place. 15 The walls are lined by a “wainscot” in beech plywood 15 Detail of the external wall, by the windows recessed by 50cm: 1. prefabricated of the interior. The almost 1500m2 of the plan casual arrangement of the windows, some of concrete panel; are distributed by a triple-height atrium on which are on floor level while others reach 2. insulating panel type which the public areas center, and which pro- the ceiling, an effect which is accentuated by Projects Rivington Place H42/482; 3. casing; 4. waterproofing; 5. sheet vides access to stairs and elevators. While the the shelves in birch plywood which cover the aluminium; 6. insulating main exhibition gallery faces Rivington Street entire inner wall. The sequence of functional panel type H42/482; through an ample double-height glazed front, rooms is concluded with the administrative of- 7. plasterboard; 8. floor the café overlooks the end of Rivington Place fices on the last two floors, only accessible by 16 The offices on the top from a horizontal window that cuts the per- the elevators and the emergency stairs. On the floor. One of the skylights spective all the way to the entrance hall. The fourth floor, in particular, the vertical compres- “excavated” in the inclined second floor features another exhibition gal- sion of the space is offset by the sequence of surfaces of the shed lery – a system of telescopic platforms makes higher points formed by the shed roof and the roof are visible in the foreground it possible to transform it into a small audito- unexpectedly closed vertical walls, while the 17 rium – and a library. In the latter, definitely one skylights opened here and there in the large View of the triple-height of the most fascinating rooms in the building, sloping surfaces facing north create a magical hall from the main stairs the walls appear dematerialized thanks to the illumination. 128-139 ADJAYE.indd 138 5-08-2008 15:33:48
  • 12. Ed Reeve 16 Informazioni Information Illuminazione ALC Architectural Lighting Lighting & Controls Ltd Cemento HIBEX Concrete Ceramica Firezone Glazing (Specialist Glazing Ltd) Ed Reeve 17 128-139 ADJAYE.indd 139 30-07-2008 11:26:45