TMAG

JPW and Terroir’s concept plans for the redevelopment of the Tasmanian Museum and Art Gallery were released recently. Neighbouring Dunn Place has much urban potential, as was identified in the Hobart Waterfront competition a couple of years back (whatever came from that?). That competition was interested in strengthening North-South links from the waterfront through Dunn Place to City Hall and beyond.

The new plans show a glazed roof to an archaeological exhibition taking up the Eastern half of Dunn Place, with a “Crow’s Nest” tower at the Southern end. Filling in the Northern edge are a wet weather drop off, cafe, and a linkway from the new gallery. It is easy to see how all this assists TMAG but harder to tell what it will mean for the surroundings – though anything has to be better than the current car park. The bounding one way traffic sewers, and pedestrian connections across them don’t seem to have been addressed as part of this exercise.

Project Page

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View from the South East:

Existing:

Back on that competition, its website is still there, untouched for over a year. The last news was of a report published in mid 2007, based on the competition results. It refers on to the Sullivans Cove Waterfront Authority if you want a copy. But the SCWA , who ran the competition, appear to have forgotten about it – I cannot find mention of the competition or its report on their site . The three winners had rather different suggestions for Dunn Place. Preston Lane built over most of it, Jeppe Aagaard Andersen flooded it, and Tony Caro turned it into a park.

Posted by Peter on 08.09.08 in urban design