Work is almost complete on a project to create a new mezzanine floor at the National Space Centre in Leicester which will be used for teaching and development.
BSP Consulting is engineer for the scheme, being built by Woodhead Group and procured through Scape Venture. Architect for the project is RG+P.
The new space, working title XR Labs, will host an Extended Reality creative studio, focusing on teaching and developing Virtual, Augmented and Mixed Reality. This will allow the National Space Centre to deliver amazing simulated experiences and teach young people the wonders of immersive story-telling.
It is being created thanks to funding from the Inspiring Science Fund – a partnership between the Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy (BEIS), UK Research and Innovation (UKRI) and Wellcome, as well as the Local Growth Fund from Leicester and Leicestershire Enterprise Partnership (LLEP), The Royal Commission for the Exhibition of 1851 and The Garfield Weston Foundation.
Technically challenging, the development has involved assessment of the existing structure and adding a new floor to both abut up to, and be supported off, the existing steel frame.
