Five teams have been shortlisted to take part in a competition to help the British Museum find an architect-led team to develop designs for the Western Range at its site in Bloomsbury, London. The teams are led by 6a architects, David Chipperfield Architects, Eric Parry Architects with Jamie Fobert Architects, Lina Ghotmeh Architecture, and OMA.
Each team's design approach is on display at the Museum.
Here is the exhibition entry from David Chipperfield Architects.
What is your team all about?
Our multidisciplinary team brings together diverse expertise in museum and exhibition design, conservation and sustainability. Through dynamic collaboration with the Museum and the public, our team will deliver an innovative vision for the Western Range.
What is your big idea for the Western Range galleries?
Tomorrow’s British Museum must move beyond the restrictive, finite limitations of the universal museum.
Our approach reimagines the British Museum as a pluriversal space; a creative and productive place where multiple voices, entwined stories and contested histories are all embraced. No single intervention can resolve the British Museum’s many complex challenges. Instead, a series of interconnected strategies focused around two new public halls will have a broader transformative impact.
Our team will ‘open up’ the idea of the museum to enable all voices to contribute and participate in its future.
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Photo: © Trustees of the British Museum
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British Museum: David Chipperfield Architects: Image 1
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British Museum: David Chipperfield Architects: Image 2
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British Museum: David Chipperfield Architects: Image 3
To find out more about architectural competitions, please call 020 8771 6445, or email competitions@colander.co.uk