ABSTRACT
The flow, character and function of the spaces reflect the link between life and art in the home of the curator-collector. The unprepossessing former building has been transformed into an unexpected double-height gallery space, which opens to the house through sliding screens and on to the courtyard with an expanded flexible space for larger exhibitions, private views and screenings. The location is a narrow and contextually complex site in the heart of Bethnal Green in London. The building at the front of the site was formerly a commercial premises with an office on the first floor. The finished project completely renovated, reconfigured and knitted together the conjoined but disconnected existing buildings. A consistent and restrained palette of materials was used throughout, with crisp bespoke black joinery and metalwork set against the rugged industrial character of the existing buildings.
