profitable entry by Chipperfield Architects
The Nationwide Archaeological Museum of Athens has chosen David Chipperfield Architects because the winner of a extremely anticipated worldwide design competitors enlargement. The most important museum into the Greece and maybe among the many most essential on the planet, the unique neoclassical constructing was constructed within the late 19th century and housed a modest assortment of excavations, primarily from the quick area. Over the following two centuries, the location grew to retailer and show an unlimited archive of finds from across the Greek world.
With over eleven thousand displays and a whole lot of 1000’s of annual guests, an enlargement of the Nationwide Archaeological Museum of Athens is lengthy overdue. The profitable design by Chipperfield Architects and native agency Tombazis & Associates was chosen forward of ten competing groups, together with SANAA, Herzog & de Meuron, Diller Scofidio + Renfro, Adjaye Associates, OMA, Atelier Jean Nouvel and Kengo Kuma & Associates.
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an underground extension of the archaeological museum in Athens
The architects directed by David Chipperfield, together with native apply Tombazis & Associates, proposes an enlargement of the sq. in entrance of the Nationwide Archaeological Museum of Athens. The brand new exhibition areas might be housed subtly under the sq., whereas a up to date and new facade will current a delicate new face for the museum alongside a grand staircase, extending the neoclassical structure with out hindering or mimicking it.
picture © George Girnas
The Minister of Tradition and Sport, Lina Mendoni, feedback: “David Chipperfield’s proposal and Alexandros N. Tombazi’s places of work illustrate the imaginative and prescient, create a singular landmark within the city cloth and are people-centred. It reveals the nationwide dimension of the Nationwide Museum of Archaeology, which connects it to the worldwide scene. I wish to emphasize that each one submitted proposals are of top quality, aesthetics and imaginative and prescient and totally meet the specs we’ve set.
“I wish to thank everybody who participated, Greek and overseas architects. We would like a museum that’s oriented to the surface, in everlasting dialogue with society, with a dynamic look to the longer term. The extension of the Nationwide Museum of Archeology contributes considerably to the regeneration of the broader space of the historic heart of Athens.’
details about the venture:
Challenge title: renovation Nationwide Museum of Archaeology | @namuseumathens
structure: Chipperfield Architects | @dca.berlin and Alexandros N. Tombazis & Associates