Ashmolean Museum Masterplan
The masterplan for the Ashmolean Museum set out the principles underlying all phases of redevelopment. The aim of the masterplan was to make possible the transformation of the Ashmolean to a space where the exceptional collection would be easily accessible and understandable to everyone and for the building to perform to the standards expected of a modern museum.Client
Ashmolean Museum
Location
Oxford, UK
Dates
Masterplan 1999
Phase I - The New Ashmolean
2009, £61 million
Phase II - Ashmolean Egypt Galleries
2011, £5 million
Randolph Gallery
2013, £300,000
Re-planned Welcome Space
2014
Phase III - New Art Galleries
2017
The implementation of the masterplan was conceived as three main phases. The first was the most extensive, involving some refurbishment of the Cockerell building, but otherwise confined to the north of it, providing a completely new set of galleries and ancilliary facilities. Phase II unlocked the potential of existing galleries at ground floor level within the Cockerell building and subsequent extensions.
Phase III provided new fully serviced gallery spaces connected to and alongside key Cockerell Galleries, creating links and better flow through this part of the Museum, and allowing the Museum to maximise the display of their collection on this site.
Stuart Cade Project Architects for Rick Mather Architects