Opening on 4th June this year, the First Light Pavilion is a new visitor experience at the UNESCO World Heritage Site of Jodrell Bank - the world’s first radio observatory. Set in the Cheshire countryside, Jodrell Bank is part of the University of Manchester’s School of Physics and Astronomy, and the First Light Pavilion showcases the inspiring history of Jodrell Bank for the first time. Casson Mann designed this new exhibition and were responsible for the interpretation of the Lovell telescope - completed in 1957, it is still one of the largest steerable-dish radio telescopes in the world and it occupies a special place in British culture and the popular imagination.

Casson Mann worked with the director of Jodrell’s Discovery Centre and the public engagement team to create the First Light Pavilion, which tells the social and human story behind the Lovell telescope and the man who fastened upon the idea, Bernard Lovell.