Wong Avery Music Gallery, Trinity Hall, Cambridge

The Wong Avery Gallery is a small exquisite stone building designed by Níall McLaughlin Architects at the centre of Trinity Hall’s Avery Court in Cambridge. It is designed as a music practice space for the students at Trinity Hall, and occupies a tight site flanked by the historic architecture of Trinity and Clare colleges.

With the floorplan of a Greek cross, and a loadbearing construction of stone columns and beams, its simple and traditional approach suits the surroundings, while a minimal interior and muted material choices give it a modern expression.

While the size of this jewel-box building makes it suitable only for small recitals and performances, an audience can watch from rows of chairs placed in the four bay windows that extend from the central space. These windows open on to a landscaped courtyard of shrubs and greenery for larger receptions in good weather.

The challenge was to create a space and furniture to accommodate a range of uses: a single lesson sitting at the piano or harpsichord, or the rehearsals of a 22-voice choir.

The adaptable LH42 stacking chairs made perfect sense for this highly unique space as practical, minimal contemporary chair, with a bespoke lime-washed finish, that can be stacked and moved easily on dollies.

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