There are three floors of galleries, two of learning spaces, a floor for staff, one for members, one for a restaurant and a panoramic viewing platform for the public on the tenth floor. The basement floor – The Tanks – comprises the original tank site, and is dedicated to live art, while a bar and shop sits on the ground floor. It is constructed of a “perforated lattice of bricks” which allows light to filter in to the building at daytime, and glow out of it in the evening.Īscan Mergenthaler, senior partner at architect Herzog & De Meuron, says: “Our aim was to create an architecture that allows for flexibility, improvisation, adaptation and change.” The Tanks (bottom right) © Tate Photography The new 10-storey building is on the site of underground concrete oil storage tanks in an old power station, with the aim of using a “new kind of space for a new kind of museum”, says Tate Modern. The practice has worked with former practice Vogt landscape Architects to create two public squares around the site, and designer Jasper Morrison, who has provided furniture for the interior of the building. It has been designed by architectural practice Herzog & de Meuron, which also created the Boiler House building in 2000. New building Switch House will open and extend the museum beyond the Tate Modern’s existing building Boiler House, increasing the size of the museum by 60%. The interiors of the new Tate Modern and its digital elements have been unveiled, as the refurbished museum is set to open later this week. By Sarah Dawood J5:27 pm J11:19 am Switch House, Tate Modern © Iwan Baan
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