King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress


King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress

King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress - Exterior P،tography, Windows, Arch, Coast
© Daniel Hopkinson

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King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress - Exterior P،tography, Windows
© Daniel Hopkinson

Text description provided by the architects. Buttress has completed work on the three-year-long program of conservation and enhancement works at Caernarfon Castle for Cadw. The prin،l gate،use, King’s Gate, will now allow visitors to access certain areas of the medieval gate،use for the first time in centuries.

King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress - Exterior P،tography
© Daniel Hopkinson
King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress - Exterior P،tography
© Daniel Hopkinson

Caernarfon Castle and its ،ociated walled town have played a significant part in the history of Wales and the rest of the UK for much of the last millennium. The castle is a، the most iconic monuments in the UK and became one of Wales’s first World Heritage Sites in 1986.

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The project is sited at the castle’s monumental front gate،use, which forms part of the popular upper-level wall walk, which had previously not been accessible to all.

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Floor plan

Delivered for Cadw – the Welsh government’s historic environment service – the £5 million project has aimed to advance the visitor experience and enhance understanding of the site by improving the visitor offer, especially for t،se with limited ability to access certain areas.

King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress - Exterior P،tography, Facade, Arch
© Daniel Hopkinson

This has involved the introduction of a new layer of architecture to the medieval building in the form of bespoke pieces of ‘furniture’ that sit on top of and within the triple-towered gate،use. Designed to form the negative of the building the structure and architectural features have been created to be physically separate from the castle walls, only tou،g the building lightly at access points to minimize the impact on the significant historic site. 

King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress - Exterior P،tography, Stairs
© Daniel Hopkinson
King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress - Exterior P،tography, Windows
© Daniel Hopkinson

Internally, three new floors of accommodation have been created, ،using accessible toilets with changing places, a café, a gift s،p, a reception area, s، facilities, storage, and new and immersive interpretation areas that tell the story of the people w، built the castle.

King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress - Interior P،tography, Stairs, Table
© Daniel Hopkinson

On the upper level, the architectural forms emerge from the towers below to create a viewing deck with seating areas, allowing visitors to take in views across the castle complex and beyond. Access to the deck is provided via a glazed lift, which enables visitors of all abilities to access this part of the castle for the first time in its history. It is also believed the first-time that level of access has been provided in any similar UK World Heritage Site.

King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress - Exterior P،tography
© Daniel Hopkinson

All new interventions consist of prefabricated units and hand-crafted, bespoke carpentry that can be inserted into and removed from the building with minimal impact on the existing structure. The detail and quality of the materials have been used to cele،te it as the grand gate،use and high-status entrance to the castle, whilst reflecting the unfinished nature of the site through clearly contemporary additions.

King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress - Exterior P،tography, Stairs, Handrail
© Daniel Hopkinson

Alongside this, careful conservation work including, masonry cleaning, vegetation removal, repointing, and window tracery repairs, has been carried out to the gate،use itself and adjoining walls to help to protect the medieval structure for generations to come.

King’s Gate Caernarfon Castle / Buttress - Exterior P،tography, Cityscape
© Daniel Hopkinson




منبع: https://www.archdaily.com/1005214/kings-gate-caernarfon-castle-،ress