Pharos

Architecture, Interior Design, Urban Design

Cultural, Hospitality

Hobart

Photographer: MONA/Jesse Hunniford

Pharos, the latest addition to Mona, Museum of Old and New Art, in Hobart is an Art pillion housing various permanent art spaces which vary from incredibly simple to highly complex.

Location

Hobart, Australia

CLIENT

Museum of Old and New Art

COST

Confidential

COMPLETION

2017

TRADITIONAL CUSTODIANS

Muwinina people

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Awards:

Australian Institute of Architects TAS Awards, Finalist - Public Design, 2019

Photographer: MONA/Jesse Hunniford

The design and construction process was supported by countless testing through many different media and a constant exchange of ideas between the client, artists, architects, engineers and builders.

Photographer: MONA/Jesse Hunniford

Pharos is named after the lighthouse in Alexandria, Egypt and is currently only accessible via a tunnel from the main gallery. It is built around several works by American artist James Turrell: Event Horizon, Weight of Darkness, Beside Myself, and Unseen Seen.

The Turrell works all deal with light and consciousness. They are not designed to be looked at, but rather to be walked in, lain in, pondered, and experienced.