PARTY CAFE, JUPITER ARTLAND
Contractor: LAWRENCE MCINTOSH
ARTIST/ INTERIORS: NICHOLAS PARTY
Jupiter Artland is an Art Foundation and Modern Sculpture Park, featuring contemporary work by artists from all over the world. The park is set in the beautiful grounds of Bonnington House near Edinburgh, and the house and outbuildings were sensitively restored and extended by Benjamin Tindall Architects, when Jupiter Artland first opened in 2009.
We were asked to remodel part of the existing steading buildings, creating a new cafe and restaurant. The extension is barely visible from the approach to the North, using a palate of corrugated galvanised steel, larch cladding boards and stone to compliment the existing steading building. Contrastingly the South elevation is entirely made up of mirrored glass roof and wall panels, with frameless "mirrorview" doors which reflect back both the lush parkland setting and the artworks on display on the landscaped lawn in front of the cafe terrace. Challenges included detailing the mirrored glazing to have no visible fixings, a hidden gutter system and careful detailing of all of the junctions between existing and new.
The Swiss artist Nicholas Party was commissioned by Jupiter Artland to paint an expansive mural running through all of the cafe restaurant, as well as designing most of the interior features including hand painted tables, screen printed crockery, custom designed furniture and servery.
Please visit: www.jupiterartland.org
