The Exploration Centre is an exciting Museum space that encourages visitors to understand the landscape of Northumberland. The building features several “shed like” forms that were designed with the intention of creating a sense of familiarity, in comparison to the vernacular forms of agricultural buildings found in the local area. A cantilevered space, clad in copper, makes gestures toward the 11th Century Bothal Castle and opposing River Wansbeck. Toward the lower end of the site lies a Floodplain that the building adopts with a subterranean level built with bold, sweeping, concrete walls.