Reshuffle

I've had a reshuffle with the arrangement of the "keys" - now the uppermost one has the widest overhang to accentuate the sense of space beneath it over the entrance and the towpath. Here's an aerial view, showing the atrium:



This aerial view shows the spaces also create a external spaces which may be useful:



And lastly that cantilever over the towpath creates the dynamic "gateway" I've been banging on about without actually all the mucking about bridging over the lock.




I'm really going to push the form on this one, key precents that spring to mind are the soon to be completed Museum of Liverpool:



Good Old Herzog & de Meuron:



And closer to home, the Leeds Museum Discovery Centre. This one in particular has that emphasis of a chunky glazed deep reveal at one end of the box, which in turn is mounted on a podium of engineering blockwork. Would definitely make a good precedent for the planners!