South Asia Gallery at Manchester Museum, Northwest England Developments Image
Manchester Museum South Asia Gallery Designer
17 Oct 2020
Manchester Museum South Asia Gallery Building
Design: Studio C102 + Mobile Studio Architects
Location: 250 Oxford Road, Manchester, England
Manchester Museum announces South Asia Gallery Designer
Manchester Museum, part of the University of Manchester, would like to announce the appointment of Studio C102 and Mobile Studio Architects as the design team for a new permanent South Asia Gallery, which will open in August 2022.
In collaboration with the British Museum and the South Asia Gallery Collective, Studio C102 and Mobile Studio Architects will join Manchester Museum on its journey to create an exceptional new co-curated and co-designed space. These two studios have formed an exciting new consortium to deliver this project.
At 372m2, the gallery will be the first and largest permanent gallery in the country dedicated to exploring the stories, experiences, cultures and contributions of South Asian diaspora communities in the UK. It will bring together lived experience and world-class collections, including loans from the British Museum, in what will be the largest permanent gallery in the Museum. At its centre, there will be a performance space for generating and sharing new perspectives and stories.
Studio C102 and Mobile Studio Architects have a people-centred approach and track record of delivering co-designed projects, creating gene...