Cocoon Structure: Darwin Centre Phase 2, Natural History Museum, London

摘要

The 'cocoon' is the iconic centrepiece of the western extension to the Natural History Museum. It is formed with a structural sprayed concrete shell at an unprecedented scale. The Darwin Centre, and specifically the cocoon, is an excellent example of the efficient delivery of a highly functional, yet geometrically complex structure.rnThe brief for the building had three key objectives: to provide a home for 20 million specimens, to provide a working area for the research scientists and to enable the public to interact with the scientists and the collections.