*영국영화협회가 선별한 마스터컬렉션 보관소 [ Edward Cullinan Architects ] BFI Acetate & Nitrate Film Stores

영국영화협회에서 선별한 마스터 컬렉션이
소중히 간직될 필름 보관소는 심플하며 단정한 모습으로
주변환경과 대칭을 이루고 있다.
 6개의 구역에 보관될 필름들은 3천 제곱미터의 공간안에서
습도 35%와 영하 5를 유지하는 항온항습 장치를 통하여
향후 50년 아니 그 이후까지도 안전하게 보관되어진다.
필름보관소를 감싸는 프리케스트 콘크리트 판넬은
심플한 디자인 만큼이나 안정적으로 보관소를
외부의 환경으로 부터 보호해준다.
갑자기 궁금해진다.
영국영화협회에서 마스터컬렉션으로 선정한
필름들, 즉 영화는 어떤 영화일까?
어느 아시는 분 계시나요?

reviewed by SJ

This autumn, the British Film Institute (BFI) has reached a major milestone in its long history of preserving the nation’s film heritage. The pioneering new building is ready to house the BFI’s entire master collection of acetate and nitrate film in closely controlled environmental conditions ideal for the long term protection of this priceless and vulnerable material.

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Architects: Edward Cullinan Architects
Location: Warwickshire, England
Client: BFI
Project Year: 2011
Photographs: Edmund Sumner © BFI

The Project has been realized through the Screen Heritage UK (SHUK) programme, a nationwide initiative funded by the Department of Culture, Media and Sport. One of its key objectives is to prevent the deterioration and loss of the nation’s films so that they can be made accessible now and in the future. The BFI cares for the most significant film collection in the world. It represents the history of the moving image in Britain from pre-cinema through to the present day. The collection has been stored over two sites; the new building consolidates the collection into an existing site in Warwickshire.

The building is designed by Edward Cullinan Architects who led a detailed feasibility study which concluded that the BFI’s existing archive buildings could not be suitably upgraded, and that a new ‘sub-zero’ storage facility large enough to house all master acetate and nitrate material should be constructed at the earliest opportunity.

The final technical solution is the result of intense research and collaboration between the architect, engineers, film experts and the BFI to define the best method for storing such a large collection of film sustainably for the next 50 years and beyond.

At just under 3000 sqm, the new vaults will store up to 460,000 canisters of film in conditions of -5°C at 35% relative humidity, while the construction enables the building to sustain these conditions in an energy efficient way.

Pre-cast concrete panels provide the thermal mass required to limit temperature fluctuations. Although the building form is quite simple, consisting of 30 identical cellular vaults for nitrate and 6 vaults for acetate film, the specification requires extremely low air leakage rate and must withstand intense heat in the unlikely event of a nitrate film fire. Rigorous analysis, detailing, quality control and testing has been carried out to ensure the building will provide the sub–zero temperature, low humidity and fire prevention that the film requires for its preservation.

The building is the first of its kind to store large quantities of film in such cold and dry conditions; it will also achieve a BREEAM Rating of ‘Excellent’ for its sustainable features.

from  archdaily