Object
The New Museums Site Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
Representation ID: 30701
Received: 01/09/2015
Respondent: Charlotte Schoonman
I oppose the destruction of these historic parts of the Old Cavendish laboratory and the Mond Laboratory for the sake of 'the public realm' for the following reasons:
1) While I am unsure that the lack of "clarity, cohesion, and spatial identity" is a bad thing, I believe that a tasteful, spacious solution to the cluttered feel of the NMS can be found without demolishing the spaces where such incredible discoveries and scientific advances were made.
2) The conservation of these precious, culturally significant laboratories is more important to the public than the 'realm' their destruction might create.
I oppose the destruction of these historic parts of the Old Cavendish laboratory and the Mond Laboratory for the sake of 'the public realm' for the following reasons:
1) While I am unsure that the lack of "clarity, cohesion, and spatial identity" is a bad thing, I believe that a tasteful, spacious solution to the cluttered feel of the NMS can be found without demolishing the spaces where such incredible discoveries and scientific advances were made.
2) The conservation of these precious, culturally significant laboratories is more important to the public than the 'realm' their destruction might create.