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title: "Attraction Design Case Study: Titanic Belfast"
description: Kay Elliott acted as Interior Architects to the world-renowned Titanic Belfast, the largest Titanic exhibition globally. They enhanced the visitor experience with designs for the grand atrium, interactive galleries, banqueting suite, and iconic Grand Staircase. Specializing in Location-Based Entertainment and destination architecture, Kay Elliott's detailed work celebrates Northern Ireland’s maritime heritage and the legacy of RMS Titanic. Discover their role in crafting one of Belfast’s premier cultural attractions.
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 ATTRACTIONS | CULTURAL | DESTINATION

# Titanic Belfast

**Client:** Harcourt Construction  
**Construction budget:** £107million  
**Completion date:** 2012

 

Concept Architect: Civic Arts

Project Architect: Todd Architects

###### Titanic Belfast is an iconic six-floor cultural attraction featuring nine interpretive and interactive galleries that explore the sights, sounds, smells and stories of Titanic, as well as the City and people which made her.  It is the world’s largest Titanic exhibition. 

Kay Elliott were commissioned as Interior Architects specifically to look after the quality of the visitor experience. This included the public entrances, four storey atrium, temporary exhibit galleries, a 1,000 seat banqueting suite/conference centre, pre function areas, front of house public hygiene, kitchen and VIP suite (with panoramic views over Belfast and the River Lagan). Education and community facilities, restaurants, retail spaces and a basement car park complete the facilities available. Throughout the experience visitors will learn about the construction of RMS Titanic and the wide and rich story of Northern Ireland’s industrial and maritime heritage. 

Supported by the Northern Ireland Executive, Titanic Belfast is a unique public / private partnership funded by the Northern Ireland Tourist Board, Belfast City Council, Belfast Harbour and Titanic Quarter Ltd. 

![Titanic Belfast BL](https://www.kayelliott.co.uk/hubfs/Titanic%20Belfast%20BL.png "Titanic Belfast BL")

As an integral part of the delivery team Kay Elliott were also responsible for the way finding (point of arrival to point of site exit) and the feature Grand Staircase on Level Six.

Beneath its magnificent domed glass canopy, the original staircase rose through five decks of Titanic’s First Class accommodation and remains one of the iconic images of the ship. As faithful to the original as modern building regulations and design constraints allow, the re-creation, which is made up of 10,000 individual parts, will be the focal point of the banqueting suite at Titanic Belfast.

Kay Elliott developed a detailed 3D technical model based on photographs of the original staircase onboard Titanic’s sister ship Olympic - a job which involved painstaking detective work over several months.

The 23ft high and 24ft wide staircase was built in six separate sections using red oak, the same wood which was used for Titanic’s Grand Staircase.  Six joiners worked on the project, which took 1,500 man-hours to finish and weighed nearly four tonnes upon completion.

 

Image Credits: Donal McCann  
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