AL_A and DS+R on shortlist of six to restore 18th century palladian mansion in surrey

six design concepts have been unveiled as part of a competition to restore and rebuild ‘clandon park’, an 18th century palladian mansion in surrey, england. the international contest was launched in march 2017, with a brief tasking entrants to reimagine the grade II listed structure in the wake of a devastating fire in 2015. the proposals, which include schemes by amanda levete’s london-based firm AL_A as well as US practices diller scofidio + renfro and selldorf architects, are set to go on display at the historic estate from august 23. see the complete shortlist below.

AL_A’s design was developed in collaboration with historic building specialists giles quarme & associates
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— AL_A and giles quarme & associates with arup and gross.max
— allies and morrison and feilden + mawson with price & myers, max fordham, tom stuart-smith and nissen richards studio
— donald insall associates and diller scofidio + renfro with price & myers, max fordham, tom stuart-smith and barker langham
— purcell and sam jacob studio with arup, QODA, churchman landscape architects and brendan cormier
— selldorf architects, martin ashley architects and cowie montgomery architects with arup, vogt landscape and jorge otero-pailos
— sergison bates architects and AOC architecture with philip hughes associates, price & myers, ritchie + daffin, tom stuart-smith and graphic thought facility

‘we present the physical layers that were peeled back by the fire’, says the team
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the competition brief called for designs that work with the existing building and blend with its garden setting. the renovation plans also include restoring the mansion’s damaged interiors on the ground floor and basement, while introducing flexible event spaces on the first floor to be used for gallery and exhibition programming. other visitor facilities, such as catering and retail outlets, were also to be considered as part of the ‘careful and accurate restoration’.

allies and morrison’s scheme was the result of a partnership with feilden+mawson
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the six shortlisted teams, selected from 60 entrants, are each led by an architect but include design, conservation, structural engineering, mechanical and electrical engineering, interpretation and landscaping experts. the winning team will be announced in autumn 2017 by a jury of heritage, architectural, and local experts.

the architects state that each of the building’s existing bricks will remain in place
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the national trust — the conservation organization who maintain the property — will then work with the winning team to produce the final design, which be revealed in mid-2018. subject to planning permission and listed building consent, construction work is expected to begin in 2019.

donald insall associates teamed up with new york-based firm diller scofidio + renfro
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donald insall associates are a leading conservation architecture practice with offices across the UK
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the building’s exterior façades will be stabilized and repaired
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the site’s history of repetitive reconstruction is reimagined in this proposal from purcell and sam jacob studio
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the proposal takes the original 1730s structure as the design concept for clandon’s reinvention
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selldorf architects teamed up with UK practices martin ashley architects and cowie montgomery architects
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london-based firms sergison bates architects and AOC architecture joined foreces for their proposal
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