Ugly Studios Ltd | Langham Dome

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Brief

As an anti-aircraft defence training building, Langham Dome used state-of-the-art WWII audio visual equipment to teach trainee gunners. So modern AV was to be used to give visitors some sense of the training experience, whilst also communicating the "people" stories from the airbase and the local area.

Idea

We aspired to show how the Dome was a place of innovative WWII technology and design. Three specially-commissioned documentaries project onto the curved wall. Visitors can also practice gunnery using a replica gun to shoot at animated planes. An interactive timeline touch-screen shows the different units stationed at Langham over the years, along with a Roll-of-Honour of casualties. Another touch-screen has a fun quiz testing visitors’ knowledge of WWII RAF slang.

Result

The Dome exceeded its first-year visitor numbers within the first two months of opening and has remained popular ever since. The films, designed in collaboration with Eye Film, and narrated by Stephen Fry, have since been collated into the BBC1 documentary 'The Dome: A Secret of World War Two'. Langham Dome is an award-winning site, with the following accolades:

Angel Awards, English Heritage 2014- Commended
The Graham Allen Award for Conservation and Design 2014 - Special Commemoration
Association for Heritage Interpretation 'Discover Heritage' Awards 2015 - Runner Up & Judges' Special Mention.

What we did

Audio Visual Content
Research
Project Management
Touch-screen design and production
Digital Interactives

It is difficult to quantify the immense contribution that Ugly Studios has made to the success of the Langham Dome project. Suffice to say that without their enthusiasm, imagination and dedication to the project, we would have floundered!
Patrick Allen, Chairman of the Friends of Langham Dome (FoLD)

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Langham Dome – AV Production

Design and Interpretation for Heritage and Culture, Education and Leisure

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What we did

Langham Dome – AV Production

Design and Interpretation for
Heritage and Culture, Education and Leisure