Clifford’s Tower
York
2022

We were appointed by English Heritage to develop the interpretation design for Clifford’s Tower, which has undergone a huge renovation over the last few years. We worked closely with the project architect, Hugh Broughton, who developed a new timber structure within the tower, making areas of the tower never seen before by visitors, accessible.

We developed a layered approach to interpretation, with cast concrete lecterns that house tactile maps, graphic panels, embedded icons and audio guiding the journey. We also developed a bespoke cast-bronze timeline of the tower that circles the motte at ground level.

We also worked with Gobbledegook Theatre to create a character-based narrative soundscape, and The Projection Studio to create an atmospheric, period-authentic soundscape. The two work in tandem to convey a changing sense of the tower as it would have existed and been used across the centuries.