RAF Museum Cosford
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Steel framed, aluminum clad museum to exhibit aircrafts and other artifacts from the Cold War
The design is intended to give physical expression to the two opposing forces locked in the Cold War. Two curvilinear triangular volumes are forced 30 metres up out of the ground creating a 130 metre long ‘fault line’ along their adjoining edges with the metaphor continued in the twisted plane geometry of the roof.
The display hall is split onto two levels with high level viewing access to provide multiple views of the museum’s collection.
The ancillary facilities, including an auditorium and classrooms, are buried in the ground below and continue the expression of contrasts with exposed concrete blockwork walls and black timber joinery.
Data
- Begun: Nov 2004
- Completed: 2007
- Floor area: 7,075m2
- Sector: Arts and culture
- Total cost: £9M
- Tender date: Jan 2003
- Procurement: GC Works 1
- Address: RAF Cosford, Shropshire, TF11 8UP, United Kingdom
Professional Team
- Architect: Feilden Clegg Bradley Studios
- Client: Royal Air Force Museum Cosford
- M&E engineer: Max Fordham LLP
- Structural engineer: Michael Barclay Partnership
- Landscape architect: EDCO Design
- Quantity surveyor: Davis Langdon
- Planning supervisor: TPS Schal
- Fire consultant: FEDRA
- Disability design consultant: David Bonnett Associates
- Transport consultant: PFA Consulting
- Drainage consultant: Cadenza
- Main contractor: Galliford Try Construction