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An AVIATION MUSEUM is to be built on the waterfront in Bristol. Adjacent to the site is the Arnolfini Bush House, an arts centre and gallery. The site includes Mud

Dock Cycleworks(a hybrid cyclist’s store and cafe) at the NorthWest corner, a car park at the East boundary, and the Mud Dock at the South boundary. The site is

highly prone to sunlight and Southwest prevailing wind. The surrounding Context, environmental factors and function requirements are all carefully considered into

developing a realistic and successful design.

ARNOLFINI BUSH

FLAPPING ROAD ACROSS HARBOR M SHED | PRINCE ST BRIDGE FERRY LANDING OPPOSITE WATERFRONT (SOUTH) OPPOSITE WATERFRONT (SOUTHEAST)

REDCLIFFE WAY EXISTING CAR PARK (SOUTH BOUNDARY) EXISTING CAR PARK (WEST BOUNDARY) MUD DOCK CAFE

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Mud Dock Cafe sitting at the centre of the site might be an obstruction

Site is highly prone to SW prevailing wind and sunlight

Museum can be designed to be landmark of the water front

Dense circulation around site

Ease of acces from Bristol centre (5min) or from train station (15min)

Good sight lines from all almost all directions

P R E C E D E N T

C o n c e p t

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The American Air Museum has an organic interior space that follows the natural movement

of people. The centre core of the building serves as a plane exhibit with the main circula-

tion path wrapping around it. The SE-facing glass wall exposes the exhibits to the runway

outside. A single concrete curved roof encloses the whole museum as a motif of planes’

organic shell.

Largest possible single volume on site, best for housing

aircrafts

Follows Axis from North, most connected to city centre

Limits access pathway along water front

Volume is separated to create central pathway thus

more accessible

Inconvenient access from one volume to another

Broken continuity of volume visually

Volume dominates the water front

Most connected to Queen Square

Blocks view from Mud Dock Cafe

Lowest Capacity

Longest elevation along water front, best for LED ban-

ners or showing interior display to oppsite water front

Requires cutting down of most trees on site

Least connection to context

Relation diagram of different function areas

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A huge skylight sits right above the four aircrafts,

allowing natural daylighting into the museum across

most interior areas

Trees are repositioned to provide natural shad-

ing for carparkings from direct sunlight

Fluroscent lights are embedded into the ground

covered by glass to create a lighted up waterside

pathway

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More than half ground floor areas are surrounded by aerogel insulated

walls, which provide both natural daylighting and privacy from the

outside, and some lighting to waterside pathway at night

Entrances facing two opposite directions increase

accessibility and visibiliy for visitors coming from

all directions

Customers at the open cafe can look at the aircrafts and

the lobby galleries while enjoying their drinks

The workshop is viewable from the corridor by glazing

parition

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Columns not only provide structural support but also

exhbitiion spaces

Closed exhibtion area for exhibits (documentary projec-

tion etc) requiring more attention

An open office plan is adopted to allow more flexibiltiy

in space arrangement and better daylgihting; staffs will

be able to interact at ease and thus more efficient

Visitors get fresh air at the balcony outside of the

temporary exhibtion hall; it also extends the wonderful

harbor view from the Mud Dock CAfe.

For security reasons, only customers with tickets issued

at the musuem main entrance can enter through the

balcony entrance

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Double height space for the admin office and the

temporary exhibiton hall

Roof of the museum extends till the end of the

connection bridge to the Mud Dock Cafe

Both first and second floor are 2m offset from the ground

floor area (except N facde) to provide more exhibition

space without compromising the waterfront pathway; it

also acts as a canopy for the pedestrains

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Elevators are positioned next to the aircrafts; it allows visitors to

see the entre picture from bottom to top in close distance

Bridge connected to Mud Dock Cafe provides

shelter to access to the waterfront

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PV panels are installed on glazings to express the interior partitions,

making use of the sunlight to generate power for the museum

The huge glazing directs the harbor panorama into the exhibition

halls and adds life to the exhibits; it is slightly slanted downwards

to avoid direct exposure to sunlight

A triple height space appear immediately behind the entrance, where four aircraft

were hung from the ceiling to gain visitors interests; light coming through the sky-

light above creates a dramatic effect when shone onto the aircrafts

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