Museum of the Home
Museum of the Home
We were involved as the lead structural engineers in realising the Museum’s major masterplan which was committed to making the Museum more immersive and appeal to a wider audience.
Completed in 2021, the £18.1m project preserved the building, freed up space for display and study, generated 80% more exhibition space, and doubled the overall public space on offer, with no commensurate increase in its energy requirements.
We designed two new buildings linked to the existing for new conference spaces as well as reorganised the museum entrances to accommodate the anticipated shift in movement created by the opening of Hoxton Overground Station to the rear of the site.
Altogether, our work includes a Conservation Management Plan and providing conservation, structural engineering and transport advice.
”The team have had innovative ideas about how to develop the museum which, in turn, has helped us in fundraising as well as more fully realise our ambitions. The team understood the complex set of issues involved in this project and has balanced architectural and cultural opportunities with the sensitivities surrounding the history of the museum.”
-Samir Shah, former Chair of the Board of Trustees, Museum of the Home
Client: Museum of the Home
Architect: Wright & Wright Architects