The Monastic Way: Buckfast Abbey - MET Studio

Working as Lead Designer and Design Manager for MET Studio - 2018

FINALIST MUSEUM OR EXHIBITION SPACE, INTERNATIONAL FX AWARDS

The Monastic Way is an immersive visitor experience celebrating 1000 years of Buckfast Abbey and telling the story of 1500 years of Benedictine monks and nuns history.

The Abbey, in Devon’s Dartmoor National Park, is the UK’s only medieval monastery to have been restored and used for its original purpose following its destruction during the reformation of Henry VIII’s reign.

The Monastic Way is designed to take visitors on a journey away from everyday routine and begin to understand and empathise with the Benedictine monks and nun’s way of life. MET has designed an organic, thought provoking and interactive experience for all ages. It features large multi-screen digital films, 3d models that come to life, touchscreens and ‘lean-in’ pods for a more personalised experience. And there are specially created areas throughout to sit and ponder quietly.