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We will be launching the 2021 programme at 12pm on 11 August 2021

  • Roca London Gallery
  • Roca London Gallery
  • Roca London Gallery
  • Roca London Gallery
  • Roca London Gallery
  • Roca London Gallery

Roca London Gallery

Zaha Hadid Architects

place
Station Court, Townmead Road, SW6 2PY
info_outline
Toilets, Architect on site, Disabled access

Travel Information

subway
Nearest tube: Fulham Broadway
train
Nearest train: Imperial Wharf
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Bus routes: C3, 391
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A unique space where water acts as the architectural theme - offering an innovative and interactive experience with Roca, the global bathroom brand.

Events

Saturday 4th September
Designing Out
schedule Time: 11am to 5pm
Showcasing LGBTQIA+ talent from beyond professional practice. With participants selected from a national open call of submissions this exhibition reflects on the importance of LGBTQIA+ perspectives emerging across the field of architecture and the important role they play in building a more accepting, diverse world.
Visitors can arrive at any time during the opening hours.
There may be queues at busy times.
Sunday 5th September
Designing Out
schedule Time: 11am to 5pm
Showcasing LGBTQIA+ talent from beyond professional practice. With participants selected from a national open call of submissions this exhibition reflects on the importance of LGBTQIA+ perspectives emerging across the field of architecture and the important role they play in building a more accepting, diverse world.
Visitors can arrive at any time during the opening hours.
There may be queues at busy times.
Saturday 11th September
Designing Out
schedule Time: 11am to 5pm
Showcasing LGBTQIA+ talent from beyond professional practice. With participants selected from a national open call of submissions this exhibition reflects on the importance of LGBTQIA+ perspectives emerging across the field of architecture and the important role they play in building a more accepting, diverse world.
Visitors can arrive at any time during the opening hours.
There may be queues at busy times.
Architectural Tour by Zaha Hadid Architects
schedule Time: 12pm to 1pm
Visitors can arrive at any time during the opening hours.
There may be queues at busy times.
Architectural Tour by Zaha Hadid Architects
schedule Time: 3pm to 4pm
Visitors can arrive at any time during the opening hours.
There may be queues at busy times.
Sunday 12th September
Designing Out
schedule Time: 11am to 5pm
Showcasing LGBTQIA+ talent from beyond professional practice. With participants selected from a national open call of submissions this exhibition reflects on the importance of LGBTQIA+ perspectives emerging across the field of architecture and the important role they play in building a more accepting, diverse world.
Visitors can arrive at any time during the opening hours.
There may be queues at busy times.

Design

Original design
Zaha Hadid Architects, 2011
Type
Walk/tour, Museum, Gallery
Period
Contemporary

  • The Concept

    Designed by the award-winning Zaha Hadid Architects, the Roca London Gallery is an innovative space where Roca product display environments live harmoniously alongside a series of cultural exhibitions and events on a variety of themes such as architecture, design and sustainability.

    The concept for the Roca London Gallery begins with water in its many forms and phases as both an idea to make space and to express our adaptability and openness to change and innovation. Water acts as a theme for the architecture theme, connecting all aspects of the Gallery. The displays and the areas around each display have been shaped by the movement of water. Water has created a changeable space, one which people will continue to return to.

  • The Exterior

    The facade is a unique feature of the Gallery which gives the space an immediate identity. It incorporates a coherent blend of forms and contours which are used in an unexpected way to create a series of architectural cut outs and openings into the space.

    The geometry of the three display environments at the front of the Gallery form a continuous surface with the facade creating a single uninterrupted space that interweaves exterior and interior whilst the strong material logic of the façade is maintained in exposed concrete.

  • The Interior

    The Gallery occupies one floor and covers an area of 1,100 m2. The white space of the main gallery is shaped by the continuous logic of the illuminated water drops that seamlessly connects the different areas. The array of glowing ‘pods’ builds the spine of the central space that is further defined with its final spiral move, which leads to the knowledge, research and and multi-media seating area next to the main reception.

    The bold spatial concepts of the unique display environments stand out as dark grey concrete in contrast with the white central spine of the Gallery. Their form has been sculpted as if by the properties of erosion combined with the functional considerations of the gallery to allow flexibility. The continuing variety within the five distinct bathroom areas evolves along the backbone of the main Gallery.

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