The Museum of Liverpool is looking to expand its outdoor eating offering according to new planning documents.
In a bid to create a “destination space” at the landmark building on the city’s waterfront, the museum has submitted an application to Liverpool Council’s planning committee for a properly developed outdoor seating area. Currently the space outside the museum is being used with “purely utilitarian” loose tables and chairs according to a design and access statement accompanying the application.
The museum, which was the largest newly-built national museum in the UK for more than 100 years when it opened in July 2011 and set within the Mann Island site at the Pier Head, said the current provision is an “unconsidered approach” that “fails to create a destination space that people want to go to enjoy the waterfront/public space.”
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The document added: “In line with The Waterfront Transformation Project, the aspiration of a purpose built external seating area will complement the vision for creating a rich visitor experience and bringing this significant and incredibly rich part of the waterfront back to life.” The current museum opened almost 12 years ago as a replacement for the original Museum of Liverpool Life.
That location closed in 2006 after 13 years featuring a series of six galleries. On the new outdoor layout, Day Architectural on behalf of the Museum of Liverpool said it had been designed to “allow for unobstructed circulation between the outdoor seating area and the existing cafe entrance.”
“This also allows pedestrians to pass by and use the stairs if desired. The introduction of planters at the perimeter provides functional and aesthetic benefits.
“Functionally they define the seating zone and form a wind break to the external seating, creating a more desirable place to relax and enjoy refreshments.” The existing iconic super Lambanana structures that sit outside the museum currently will be repositioned to be central with the benching and planters, creating a more uniform look.
The plans, which are located on the eastern elevation outside the existing cafe, do not currently have a date on which they will be considered by the Liverpool Council planning department or a committee of councillors.
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