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Windermere Jetty Museum

A contemporary museum celebrating the heritage of boats and watercraft on Lake Windermere

Project Summary

A museum celebrating the maritime heritage of Lake Windermere, housing an internationally significant collection of historic vessels.

Project Details

Client

Lakeland Arts

Location

Lake District, UK

Architect

Carmody Groarke

Area

2,560 m²

Status

Completed - 2019

Consultants

  • structural engineer: Arup
  • services engineer: Arup
  • project manager: Turner & Townsend
  • cost consultant: Turner & Townsend
  • acoustics: Arup
  • access consultant: Jane Toplis Associates
  • landscape architect: Jonathan Cook Landscape Architecture
  • wayfinding design: A Practice for Everyday Life
  • ecologist: Middlemarch Environmental
  • exhibition design: Real Studios
  • facade consultant: Montresor Partnership
  • contractor: Thomas Armstrong

Awards

  • Shortlisted for RIBA Stirling Prize, 2021
  • RIBA National Award, 2021
  • RIBA North West Building of the Year, 2021
  • RIBA Client of the Year, 2021
  • Civic Trust National Panel Special Award, 2021
  • A+ Award, 2019
  • Royal Institute of Town Planning Award for Excellence, 2019
  • Architects' Journal Design of the Year, 2019
  • Architects' Journal Cultural Building of the Year, 2019

Project Features

Design Language

  • The design breaks down the scale of a large museum into a cluster of pitched roof forms arranged around the wet dock, aligned to the lakeshore. Extended canopies distinguish each building’s function and offer shelter within the landscape.

Materials

  • Oxidised copper cladding unifies all exterior surfaces and gives the museum an evolving, natural presence. Over time, the material will weather and blend into the surrounding environment.

Key Features

  • Indoor and wet dock vessel displays
  • Boat conservation programme in a repurposed gravel plant
  • Clustered pitched roof design aligned to lakeshore
  • Oxidised copper façade patination

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