Case Study
The Centenary project at Charleston Barns
Charleston has been run and cared for by the Charleston Trust since 1980 opening to the public in 1986. Being home to the Bloomsbury group it has been the site of some of the twentieth century’s most pioneering artists. In 2011 the trust launched the Centenary Project to safeguard the house and surrounding site. Part of the project includes a new plant room, exhibition space and public facilities.
The design team was headed by the award winning Jamie Forbert Architects who in partnership with Julian Harrap Architects won the invited competition for this project. Our brief was to develop and install the mechanical services issued by the design team and required that we work closely with the mechanical consultant Mott MacDonald who formed the initial scheme. The scheme had to meet the Tate Modern specification for stored and displayed artwork.
