Camelite Monastery, Liverpool, UK CARMELITE MONASTERY, LIVERPOOL, UK Austin-Smith:Lord were asked to design and build a purpose built new monastery for the Carmelite Sisters in Liverpool. The design embodies the daily cycle of prayer, manual labour, communal mealtimes and private reflection. As a home, it is comfortable and modest. The building is rooted in the tradition of monastic design, while modern in its expression. Silence and light articulates the architecture which is calm, ordered and uplifting. The layout is generated from the symbolic relationship between the intern (the monastery and private garden) and the extern (public access to the guest house and chapel ). The two worlds meet and are defined by a separating wall that encloses the intern. The guest house sits on this boundary bringing guests on retreat close to the monastery physically and spiritually. LOCATION: CARMELITE MONASTERY CLIENT: MARYTON GRANGE DEVELOPMENTS LTD (CARMELITE SISTERS) / HARDIE BRACK COMPLETION: 2014 VALUE: CONFIDENTIAL SIZE: 3,400 M 2 LANDSCAPE AREA: 20,000M 2 SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE SECTOR: INTERIOR DESIGN; LANDSCAPE DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL CONTRACTOR: NOBLES CONSTRUCTION LTD LANDSCAPE: THE APPLETON GROUP STRUCTURES: MERCURY CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD AWARDS: 2013 BRICK DEVELOPMENT AWARDS; ARCHITECTS CHOICE INTERNATIONAL AWARD Monasteries have always been sustainable communities in the broadest sense. The building design minimises its energy requirements by incorporating natural ventilation, extra insulation and maximising daylight and renewables by fitting a ground source heat pump and solar water heating. The garden is a wildlife haven with wildflower meadows, a woodland of native species and a lake. There is a kitchen garden and orchard providing homegrown fruit and vegetables.

CARMELITE MONASTERY, LIVERPOOL, UK - Austin-Smith:Lord · 2018. 6. 8. · Camelite Monastery, Liverpool, UK CARMELITE MONASTERY, LIVERPOOL, UK Austin-Smith:Lord were asked to design

Download PDF Report

Upload
others
View
3
Download
0

Embed Size (px)

Citation preview

Camelite Monastery, Liverpool, UK

CARMELITE MONASTERY, LIVERPOOL, UK

Austin-Smith:Lord were asked to design and build a purpose built new monastery for the Carmelite Sisters in Liverpool. The design embodies the daily cycle of prayer, manual labour, communal mealtimes and private reflection. As a home, it is comfortable and modest. The building is rooted in the tradition of monastic design, while modern in its expression. Silence and light articulates the architecture which is calm, ordered and uplifting. The layout is generated from the symbolic relationship between the intern (the monastery and private garden) and the extern (public access to the guest house and chapel ). The two worlds meet and are defined by a separating wall that encloses the intern. The guest house sits on this boundary bringing guests on retreat close to the monastery physically and spiritually.

LOCATION: CARMELITE MONASTERY

CLIENT: MARYTON GRANGE DEVELOPMENTS LTD (CARMELITE SISTERS) / HARDIE BRACK

COMPLETION: 2014

VALUE: CONFIDENTIAL

SIZE: 3,400 M2

LANDSCAPE AREA: 20,000M2

SERVICE: ARCHITECTURE, LANDSCAPE

SECTOR: INTERIOR DESIGN; LANDSCAPE DESIGN; RESIDENTIAL

CONTRACTOR: NOBLES CONSTRUCTION LTD

LANDSCAPE: THE APPLETON GROUP

STRUCTURES: MERCURY CONSULTING ENGINEERS LTD

AWARDS: 2013 BRICK DEVELOPMENT AWARDS; ARCHITECTS CHOICE INTERNATIONAL AWARD

Monasteries have always been sustainable communities in the broadest sense. The building design minimises its energy requirements by incorporating natural ventilation, extra insulation and maximising daylight and renewables by fitting a ground source heat pump and solar water heating. The garden is a wildlife haven with wildflower meadows, a woodland of native species and a lake. There is a kitchen garden and orchard providing homegrown fruit and vegetables.