An architectural sequence from a building - ST CATHERINE’S CHAPEL AND ALMSHOUSES

The almshouses were founded in 1457 and destroyed in 1942. Artist Patricia MacKinnon-day has reinvented the site, with architects BDP, by monumantalising the position of the former doorways in glass. The glass ‘doors’ double as display cabinets containing historic debris: Roman pottery, medieval earthenware and molten beer bottles. The artist and architect kept the whole original appearance of the building and add some modern elements to combine the old with new, use some spectral lighting to create a new environment.