Museum & Heritage

KING RICHARD III: VISITOR CENTRE

Capturing the heart of Richard III.

Completed: 2014

KING RICHARD III: VISITOR CENTRE

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The Mission

To craft an experience to sustain and increase world-wide interest and immerse a variety of audiences in the discovery of King Richard III’s remains.

Client Objective

To design a visitor centre that would provide an unprecedented platform for the city and county, by engaging visitors in a walk-through experience, designed to enhance the interpretation of the story behind King Richard III and the discovery of his remains.

Next: The Technology

Masked Projection

A multi video projection with associated audio presented using virtual characters.

Ambient Audio 

A walk through exhibit containing looping audio content with presence sensors and triggered level adjustment; portraying the King’s Death.

Edge-Abutted Projection

Projection that links across two exhibits with multi-channel audio and lighting control, depicting the Battle of Bosworth.

Video Pepper's Ghost

An interactive exhibit comprising of a skeleton on a CAT scanner, using a Pepper’s Ghost effect.

Next: Methodology

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Imagining

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Engineering

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Implementation

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Synthesis

Creative Ambition

Engaging with the client’s objectives and the historical significance associated with the site, enabled us to design an engaging walk through experience and visitor centre that enhanced the interpretation of the story behind King Richard III and provide an unprecedented discovery platform for the city and county.

Customised Experience

Our ability to translate interesting creative design ideas in to a reality was perfectly executed by creating an immersive walk through of the Battle of Bosworth using edge blended projection onto two walls.

Using a Pepper’s Ghost effect we were able to create a CT scanner of Richard III’s body, transforming a lifeless artefact into an interactive exhibit.

Precise Execution

Faced with restricted timescales for achieving this project in time for the opening date, our team were required to deliver this experience in the space of one month as opposed to three months.

Seamless Support

Working alongside media creatives in the artistic refinement period and during the preparation of content enabled us to construct a meticulous design that was capable of enhancing the strength of the reconstructed tales of King Richard III.

Next: Testimonials

What the Client Says

"What we've got here is something that far exceeds any of my hopes and expectations. We've got some astonishingly imaginative work done by some very creative people who have used modern technology to take the history and to treat it very faithfully but to treat it in a way that is accessible to us in the 21st century."

What the Client Says

“Through AV we re-create this medieval world full of political intrigue and the atmosphere of battle balanced against the clinical ‘scientific’ displays and the quiet and contemplative graveside area.”

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