Wilkinson Eyre's designs for 'Museum of the Future' include glowing 'brain' beacon and new cosmology gallery
The Science Museum in London has unveiled proposals for a 拢150m revamp designed by Wilkinson Eyre.
As well as a complete overhaul of its interior spaces, the 鈥淢useum of the Future鈥� scheme will have a glowing red beacon bulging from the facade facing Exhibition Road. Already nicknamed 鈥淭he Brain鈥�, Wilkinson Eyre said the beacon would 鈥渟ignal that the Museum is quite literally 鈥榝ull to bursting鈥� with energy and ideas.鈥�
Other highlights include a top floor gallery known as 鈥淪kyspace鈥�, with a gilded roof made up of a series of parabolas. Inside will be a large open space dedicated to cosmology. Concept images show a Tintin-like spacecraft and planetarium-style constellations projected on the ceiling.
The scheme was launched today by business secretary Peter Mandelson with the hope that funding can be found to make the proposals a reality by 2014.
Molly Jackson, acting director of the National Museum of Science and Industry, of which the Science Museum is a part, said: 鈥淢useum of the Future is a vision which will place the Science Museum amongst the international great cultural 鈥榮paces鈥�. This proposal will ensure that in its second century and beyond the Science Museum continues to be one of the world鈥檚 leading museums.鈥�
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