Chester Water Tower Museum

Liverpool John Moores University, Faculty of Media, Arts and Social Science Liverpool

Project idea

This MArch Thesis Project introduces a new Museum to the city of Chester. Located within a wider masterplan to act as a key building, not only to the residents of the city, students of the university, but also for members of the public travelling between the new area and the city centre.

This proposal will provide a museum with e exhibition spaces for use by the Grosvenor Museum and the University. Exhibition spaces dedicated to telling the story of Chester as a city, and spaces for assembly and debate for students and the public to have a direct impact on the future of the city. Creating a building at the heart of Chester’s story, telling the history behind the city and the historical wall, of which it is adjacent to, and providing a space where the future story of Chester can be written and discussed.

The proposal aims to bring an area of historical stature for Chester City back to life and back into the forefront of the journey for people moving though the wider masterplan proposal and rooting the new building into the very history and story that it is trying to tell.

This project was modelled in ArchiCAD 23 and rendered in Twinmotion20

Project description

To develop a museum within Chester UK, dedicated to its historical context in regards to the historic city wall and water tower. Providing a building that tells the story of Chester's history whilst providing a key building within an overall masterplan, dealing with changes in levels across the site, enhancing the landscaped gardens and giving the visitors an opportunity to experience Chester's history, present and future all in one.

Technical information

Site plan, Floor Plans, Exploded Axonometric, Cross and Long Sections, Construction Details, Visualizations, Animation Video

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