Object
The New Museums Site Development Framework Supplementary Planning Document (SPD)
Representation ID: 30703
Received: 03/09/2015
Respondent: Dr Boris Jardine
Alterations to the Old Cavendish should be kept to an absolute minimum. The building is one of the very first purpose-built scientific laboratories in the country, and as such is amongst the most important scientific buildings in the world. There is a huge body of historical scholarship that backs up this statement. The benefit of opening the site up at the north end is not at all clear -- one stated intention is to 'reveal buildings of interest', but this cannot be justified if the main 'building of interest' on the entire site is disfigured.
Alterations to the Old Cavendish should be kept to an absolute minimum. The building is one of the very first purpose-built scientific laboratories in the country, and as such is amongst the most important scientific buildings in the world. There is a huge body of historical scholarship that backs up this statement. The benefit of opening the site up at the north end is not at all clear -- one stated intention is to 'reveal buildings of interest', but this cannot be justified if the main 'building of interest' on the entire site is disfigured.