after five years of construction, london’s design museum is set to open in its new home on kensington high street.
the institution, which has tripled in size to 10,000 square meters, is
housed within a landmark listed building that dates back to the 1960s.
the museum’s interiors have been remodeled by
john pawson, while other big names — including
OMA — have restored the structure’s distinctive façade and roof canopy
the design museum’s complex renovation saw OMA, allies and morrison, arup and john pawson collaborate to bring the landmark building back into use.
the original concrete floors have been removed, while the previously
existing façade has been replaced with a double-glazed skin —
significantly improving insulation and permitting daylight to enter. the
new exterior has been detailed to resemble the original blue skin of
the building, with matching mullions and a fritted pattern of printed
dots
inside the museum — which forms pawson’s first major public work
— a series of calm, atmospheric spaces are articulated around an
oak-lined atrium. sightlines are oriented towards the
structure’s hyperbolic paraboloid roof, which spans the length of the
building, rising on the two opposing corners to create an overhead manta
ray-like structure. to ease circulation, galleries, learning spaces,
the café, and the events space are arranged around the central atrium.
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