The new Transport Museum Glasgow will be a replacement for the Museum currently located at the Kelvin Hall. It is to be built on a site where the River Clyde meets with Glasgow's other main river, the River Kelvin, at the very heart of the shipbuilding industry adjacent to Glasgow Harbour.
The Glasgow Transport Museum is a key element of the Council's plans for the continued regeneration of the River Clyde. The existing Transport Museum is one of the best-visited in Scotland, attracting around 400,000 people annually.
At the heart of the museum will be large, column-free, open spaces covered by an innovative combined wall and roof structure. The outer sections on either side of the central space, which create the pleated shape of the building, will contain enclosed black box spaces to balance open fluidity with a sense of permanence. Roof lights will provide daylighting, with exhibition lighting coming from high efficiency wall mounted projectors.
Both the front and rear elevations are designed to have an expansive clear facade with a large overhang to reduce solar exposure to the building interior. The rear elevation will provide views up and down the Clyde. A key feature will be the spectacular pleated and curved metal roof which houses a low energy heating and cooling system hidden within the fabric of the building.
FES Operations Director, Christopher Allen “FES are thrilled at the prospect of carrying out the Electrical Installation on this once in a lifetime project where our challenge will be to carry out the works without compromising the complex designs but to enhance this landmark building”.
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