The main morphological feature of the space is a ramp with a 9% slope and a linear length of 615 meters that creates a continuous space, extending from the sunken level to the top of the building. The ramp creates a flexible space, at the same time divisible and continuous. There are numerous criteria for categorizing language families which implies that there are numerous possibilities for dividing the museum exhibition space. As an example we chose to divide the space by the number of native speakers per language family. Adjustments to other categorization criteria are easy to make though, thanks to the flexibility of the continous space created by the ramp.

The ramp connects two cores that house temporary exhibition spaces and vertical connections. To those, four cantilevered volumes are "clinging" at different heights. They contain all the spaces of the Learning Center (LC) in the deliberate intent to mix the exhibition spaces (temporary and permanent) with the LC. Visitors can take part in certain activities of the LC (symposia, debates, projections etc ...) while scholars will visit the exhibition spaces during their daily work, creating opportunies for mutual contact and exchange of ideas.
Museum of Language: an icon on the Thames, at the same time a tower of Babel and a beacon that sheds light on the complex and fascinating subject of Language.