Auckland Castle

County Durham, England

Masterplan Proposal for Auckland Castle

Introduction

London Atelier, as part of Malcolm Reading Consultants’s team, was commissioned by The Auckland Castle Trust to create a strategic vision and Masterplan for the Grade 1 listed Auckland Castle in Durham.

The castle, set within the magnificent deer park in the town of Bishop Auckland, has been the seat of the Prince Bishop of Durham for the past 800 years and houses the collection of paintings by Francisco de Zurbarán depicting Jacob and his sons.

The Chapel of St. Peter with its stained Glass Windows.

Long Section of the Proposal through the Castle

Spatial and Circulation Diagram of the Ground Floor

Spatial Arrangement

The almost fully glazed front and rear façades visually converts the exterior to an extended interior space and the spatial dimensions feel larger, in particular with the layers of greenery starting in the planter in the front and continuing up to the mature trees within the riverbank of the Thames.

Proposal showing Spaces allocated to the historical Events and their relevant Personas to create the Visitor Experience

Colour Palette

The chosen colour palette has been developed with the ambition to complement the existing 60ies flair of the area and reflects typically pale yellow, green, red and grey tones within the internal elements. The house is now a light and generous home, full of beautiful details. It combines a subtle modern materiality to the inside and respects the house’s and area’s heritage on the outside.

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