Award-winning architects Herzog and de Meuron are designing a new building that will be created on the south side of the existing Tate Modern gallery.
Today, Tate Director, Nicholas Serota and architects Herzog & de Meuron revealed the latest plans for the new development at Tate Modern.
Instead of the glass façade originally envisaged, the building will be enveloped in a textured brick lattice. The design links the extension much more closely to the brick structure of the existing power station building. In the same spirit it makes a feature of the underground oil tank spaces, keeping them as dramatic raw spaces for art (previously they were going to house an auditorium). This dialogue between the found and the new is at the heart of the architectural vision for the building.
TM2: The design of the new building has evolved to look like this
Creating a green building is also high on the agenda, and these revised plans deliver on that front. It will use energy efficiently through passive design principles such as natural ventilation, seasonal day lighting, solar shading etc. But the team is also looking at installing geothermal heat pump systems and thinking about how to use the waste heat generated by the electrical substation that’s still on the Tate site (you can hear the hum of the transformers when you stand in the Turbine hall). The recovered heat could be used for warming the building in winter, or heating hot water in kitchens and washrooms in summer.
Visitors will get a stunning view of London from the upper floors
The building will include more varied spaces for Tate’s growing Collection and better facilities for the gallery’s education programmes. It will rise 70 metres above ground in 11 storeys, and will add an additional 21,500 sq metres to Tate Modern’s existing 35,000 sq metres. Outside there’ll be two new public spaces – a piazza to the south and new gardens to the west designed for families and children.
This model shows the lattice effect of the brick work
We’re aiming to get it all built by 2012, and it should cost about £215 million at 2012 prices (we’ve raised £67 million so far). In the meantime, now that the exterior finish has been decided the project team will be turning their attention to the interior spaces, which is where the ModBlog comes into its own. Please keep sending us your comments and pictures to help the process along.
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I´m chief editor of ARTES magazine.A magazine made in the Dominican Repùblic. I will very much like to write an article of the new future building of the museum, Tate Modern. Can you help me getting,images.
The informacion of the new building is in internet.
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I have to say I love the new design – much better!
It will add to the south bank and works really well with the character of the existing building. And I applaud the sustainability measures… But you could go further, in terms of recycling materials and waste outputs etc, and make it a true landmark!
Phew!!! A massive improvement on the original glass which would have looked like a carbuncle on the side of the building and been out of step with the surronding area. I know we need modern cutting edge architecture, but it can be too modern and too cutting edge in some locations! How much sunlight will the new building’s shadow cut out of the lower buildings that surrond it? Just remember the almshouses at the rear of the building. Please don’t dwarf them in the rush to build an exciting extension to Tate Modern! Remember some people may have to look at the extension everyday from their homes.
Mmmmm! New design is OK….I preferred the original cubed glass. Major capital cities need to be brave, dynamic and lead us into the future. Guggenheim in New York, for example and the Zaha Hadid design for Vilnius. Not to mention the Guggenheim in Bilbao, norther Spain. This is a neutered version of what was a very exciting Tate MODERN 2 design. It’s safe!
Simply beautiful and so fitting for the Tate Modern. Have the courage!
The design is striking yet modest – perfect in balance. Appreciate incorporation of brick rather than glass, though perhaps glass would have infringed less on the monolithic drama of the power station looking from the river. The contrast between the stark industrial functionality of the outside and the art inside is surely something that defines the Modern. That said, I don’t want to give the impression that tall buildings are bad – there should be more of them in London. The design for the addition is outstanding and while we could nit-pick and muse all the while, the sooner the space is created the better. Nothing should stand in the way of this considered and bold design.
i think that this building is bold, modern and artistic. when people see this they will recognise the tate and i hopeto see this building in the future
Reminds me of a Borg Cube…
“Resistance is futile”
i think it will be fab!!
when will it be built?
Dwarfs the existing building, which is certainly striking! I am sure there will be a few raised eyebrows, mine among them. It will, if the details are to be believed, improve the exhibition space. What about Tate Britain? Sometimes I feel it is neglected in favour of Tate Modern. We will see what happens.
A date for completion would be useful, or may there be problems with planning approval?
how much will it cost and who would pay ? :@
wow tate modern looks fab!!!!!=>
I think this change to brick is very good, away from the cliche of glass as a material! All new major buildings in central London in recent years have been glass and metal based, so potentially a very bold move to combine open modernism with traditional (and plentiful, relatively) London materials.
Glass would have allowed the original much admired building its own architectural statement to remain. This different material would have brought together the beauty of the building’s environment and the beauty of the art it displays – instead of closing off its surroundings in an elitist fashion. Pity.
it was by pure luck i stumbled on this site and immediately this article caught my eye. The design of Tate modern 2 looks like its going to be a hit! Its a much needed contrast to the area yet it still pays homage to the original power plant building..
These architects surely know what they are doing.
At night time when its all full of lights looking pretty..it looks fab.
But in day time…will it look like another Brick High Rise Tower Block from the 60’s that no one wants to live in?
really lovig the exhibitions. hope all is well at tate. much love yvette xxxxxxxxxx
nice design for the next building, everything an artist would expect! creativity,realism,nudity,practical,funky…amazingly gorgeous. nice work guys!!!! let’s now make sure we’re ready for this change in our society…hhhmm long thinking in perspective. good luck!
ALL is great!!!!!!!!
wow i didn’t know that they were creating a whole knew building!!!
its great i love the design its really inventive!
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just a word to say we love the staff x
a museumlike Tate really deserves many vists
we love u tate fro jak and fizz
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Very interesting!! Will visit again!
what every yo say
i am looking forward to the ne building.
looks good mate!
what a surprise!
I am very impressed with the visual plans of Tate 2 and of the consideration to the environment by this very sound sustainability study. I just wonder -together with other people writing in the blog- whether more active innovations could be done towards recycling of for example water used in the building. Water used for washing dishes, wash basins etc. could be filtered and redirected for toilet water and watering plants or washing floors, windows etc…Has anything like this been taken into account?
great design will attract more people and give us more pieces of work to see
cant wait!
no no no…
the design of museum is beautiful and i love the modern art!
the building design looks truely wonderful! i look forward to its completion. another stunning london landmark
nice one tate. thanks
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