OFFICE 314
RAILWAY MUSEUM – York
Two squares, lightly inserted into the heart of the site, form a new centrepiece for the National Railway Museum, enhancing the wonderfully open museum landscape while creating a transparent gateway between town, museum and York Central. A 50x50 metre translucent roof covers a new public space for people, artefacts and events connecting all the major elements of the museum. Beside it, a second identical roof covers a new exhibition hall. Red sandstone under the light steel roof defines an open, daylit and flexible exhibition space taking the story of railways into the future. Visitor reception, retail and seating form small informal spaces around the exhibitions. The two new squares, arranged corner to corner, connect Station Hall to Great Hall and to the new exhibition hall. Silcock Goods Shed, at the western corner of the new roof, is transformed into a restaurant activating the threshold to York Central. Future and past are reconnected across the site framing a new perspective for generations to come.
Year
2019 – 2020
Location
York, UK
Type
Culture, Public, Adaptive reuse,
Status
Unbuilt
Surface
4 000 m2
Client
Science Museum
Collaborator(s)
6a architects, Price & Myers, Ritchie+Duffin
Design team
Kersten Geers, David Van Severen, Thomas Mertens, Virginia Santilli, Mattia Chinellato, Olivier Thomas
Images
Filippo Bolognese