帝国战争博物馆

Imperial War Museum

帝国战争博物馆

Kennington, London

肯丁顿，英国

Housed in the former Bethlem Royal Hospital, the Imperial War Museum has developed into one of London’s most dynamic museums. Arup Associates was appointed to transform the museum and develop a brief for the future development of the building, increasing gallery space, improving visitor facilities and providing appropriate conditions for the conservation of the museum’s collections.

The first phase of development (1986–89) provided a spectacular addition to the building in the form of a galleried central exhibition hall, filling what had been a central courtyard and creating a new exhibition space. In phase two, completed in 1994, 1600 m2 of new gallery space was introduced. Phase three, completed in 2000, provided a further 5000 m2 of display space, including new education facilities and a conference room.

帝国战争博物馆开始在保留了曾经Bethlem皇家医院的基础上建造，这无疑是伦敦最戏剧化的博物馆之一。Arup Associates被委任制定该建筑的未来发展任务书，包括扩建画廊，改善旅游设施，妥善保护博物馆的藏品等。该项目的开发包括三个阶段：1）1986-1989年，打造一个中央展厅，

填充曾经的中心庭院并打造新的展览空间；2）1994年完成，在1600平米的新展厅的东南角设计了一个采光井。3）2000年完成，增加了5000平米的展厅，包括新式教育设施和会议室。