From an old decommissioned building, Battersea Power Station London, to a New architecture museum - A research on converting by analysing existing architecture museums and converted museums

Abstract

A design for an architecture museum in the old Battersea Power Station. ExploreLab is an exceptional thesis laboratory for students within the Architecture department of the University in Delft. It gives an opportunity for students to research their own fascination and interests, which cannot be explored in ‘regular’ labs and design a project substantiated by research. Therefore the research is an important component for the Explore Lab graduation studio. In this studio I will be tutored by my architecture mentor, Robert Nottrot, and research mentor, Marie-Therese van Thoor, whom will help me through the process. This research will be focused on the fascination for converted buildings and the function of an architecture museum within a converted building. Architecture is changing, the focus and attention to sustainability has become an important aspect. One of the aspects of sustainability is the re-use of old decommissioned buildings. Giving the old buildings a new function, a new life, so the building can be preserved. The functions which is given to the converted building is of importance depending on the sort of building. In this research you will find answers to several aspects of converting a building into a public function: a museum.