Thinktank, Millenium Point
Birmingham, England, 2001
Millennium Point is a world-class centre for technology and learning. Set in a 12 acre former Brownfield site, it is the largest Millennium Project outside London and it aims to be a catalyst for the continued regeneration of East Birmingham.
Thinktank is Birmingham's award winning new science museum and the main visitor attraction at Millennium Point. It takes visitors on a journey of discovery from the past, through the present and into the future.
KSLD worked as masterplanners for the Thinktank attraction therefore a design strategy was formed to encompass not only exhibition lighting, accommodation lighting and emergency lighting but also the development of a specification of fittings and practises that would used by other designers working on the project. As a result, maintenance has been rationalised and there is a greater degree of consistency with the visual appearance of fittings while still allowing an individual approach to each task.