July 11, 2016

Museum of Flight Aviation Pavilion

Photos courtesy of The Portico Group [enlarge]

For the first time, the Museum of Flight's collection of large commercial aircraft from the 1930s to the present can be displayed in one place.

The Aviation Pavilion covers a space larger than two football fields, and includes retail, presentation kiosks and volunteer booths along with the massive aircraft artifacts.

The KidPort is an airport-themed play area where children can try their hand at being air travelers or airport employees.

Devlivery company FedEx worked with the museum to create an exhibit about the business of air freight, with an interactive, behind-the-scenes experience created from the fuselage of a former FedEx Boeing 727 freighter.

Owner: Museum of Flight

General manager: Seneca Group

FedEx Air Cargo Exhibit design, KidPort design,
space planning, graphic theming, kiosk design: The Portico Group

Architect (structure): SRG Partnership

Contractor: Sellen Construction

Structural, civil engineer: Magnusson Klemencic Associates

Graphic producer: Imagine Visual Service LLC

Wayfinding: Doty+Associates

3D fabricator (KidPort): Three Dimensional Services

3D fabricator (FedEx Air Cargo Exhibit): FedEx

Fabrication support (FedEx Air Cargo Exhibit): Pacific Studio

Landscape architect: Site Workshop

Mechanical engineer: Inventrix Engineering

Electrical engineer: Prime Electric (with Gerber Engineering)

Geotechnical engineer: GeoEngineers

Daylighting consultant: Integrated Design Lab

Surveying: Bush, Roed & Hitchings

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