Tandem

Lagan Legacy

Tandem was first commissioned by Lagan Legacy to assist in their Stage Two application to Heritage Lottery Fund for the development of a Maritime Heritage Centre to be located within the MV Confiance, which was successful in June 2009.

It was essential to ensure visitor movement and flow continued throughout the entire barge, from the Gallery and Multi-Use Space below deck, to the upper deck Café. In the exhibition gallery, visitor flow was achieved by taking a ‘zoned’ approach to the interpretive layout, using graphic devices and colour changes to indicate new theme sections.

A computer terminal provides visitor access to reminiscence from ‘Oceans In Mind’ outreach project, and additional archive material is accessed through touch screens located throughout space. There are hands-on physical, educational and technology-based interactives and puzzles spread throughout the gallery alongside artefact and memorabilia displays, including Canberra plans totalling 12 different decks on display in custom-made vitrines with drawers.

Our ultimate goal would be to collaboratively link the interpretative experience at the Titanic’s Dock & Pump-House with the experiences at the MV Confiance, the Nomadic and Titanic Signature Project to future proof and enhance the maritime visitor experience in Belfast.

Scope

Content Mapping &
Conceptual Framework

Concept Planning &
Interpretive Theme Strategy

Spatial Design &
Visitor Flow

Interpretive Design,
Web Design, Touch
Screen Programming
& Branding

Object Selection,
Mounting & Display Cases

Image Research,
Cataloguing & Selection

Lighting & Colour
Consultation

Management of Project
& all Sub-Contractors

Reporting to Stakeholders &
Presenting to Project Steering Group

Liaising with Architects,
Builders & Sub-Contractors