National Maritime Museum, Falmouth

Client: National Maritime Museum
Architect: Long & Kentish
Contractor: Tilbury Douglas
Type of works: cladding of Flotilla Gallery with Gustafs Panel System^®.

'The wall of the main space, the Flotilla Gallery, references the hull of a boat, and was a major construction feat. It creates a perspective of bowing outwards and marks the distinction between the dark gallery behind it and the lighter gallery spaces, and acts as a backdrop to the suspended boats. There is a steel frame behind the timber wall and we chose to clad it with thin, birch laminated gypsum panels by GUSTAFS Panel Systems. It has aged very well and looks good.'

Extract from article 'Harbour Master' in BD Magazine, October 2006.