Inspired by the Architecture of Timepieces
This museum aims to educate through the interaction of watchmaking workshops and a horology exhibition, encompassed in an architecture inspired by the structure of timepieces. The design concept can be separated into the two fundamental components of a watch, the movement and the case.
The inside of the museum relates to the movement, how the multilayered arrangement of the gears creates a series of overlapping planes that create vertical connections between them. This is achieved by layering concrete slabs within the superstructure with cantilevers and voids responding to the spatial quality of gears within a movement.
The exterior treatment relates to the clean and solid case of a watch. The facade utilises a perforated stainless steel rain screen that creates a variety of transparency in how the facade displays the inner workings of the building. A custom perforation pattern relates to the section of a movement, and its implementation around the building reinforces the educational ambitions of the project.