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23JUN 2013

Piraeus Antiquities Museum / Platform for Architecture + Research PAR

Posted in Architecture - Museums by * FORMAKERS

The new antiquities museum of piraeus is conceived through a spatial inversion, this industrial typology is reinvented as a cultural destination.

Our interest lies not only in the complex program of a 21st century museum, but in the site’s unexploited urban potential as a civic link.

Transformed into an iconic, world class museum, the building’s openness activates the cultural coast district. A system of void spaces introduces a spatial configuration that brings daylight to public areas whilst engaging the surrounding urban context.

Selective erasure ensures that treasured qualities of the concrete silo structure will be retained and adapted into the new use.

Modifications are made for the greatest architectural impact.

At moments of subtraction, the cartesian grid of the silo building translates into a new contoured geometry expressing the old in a new way. The museum’s exhibitions are combined in a continuous loop which spirals from the lobby to the upper level public space.

This organization provides many possibilities for different exhibition spaces and techniques.

Interior/ exterior, covered/ open, dark/ light, intimate/ public.

The large public voids enable antiquities to be viewed from differing vantage points stimulating visitor interaction. The museum program is concentrated in three program blocks: exhibitions, curation and administration.

The programs are linked by three interconnected atriums which shape the museum’s public space whilst opening the building to it’s surroundings.

Monumental vertical circulation is integrated into the existing structural grid along the east elevation.

Multiple circulation cores provide shortcuts for visitors to jump off the linear exhibition narrative to direct points of interest..

Design team:
Platform for Architecture + Research PAR

Project: Piraeus Antiquities Museum
Designed by Platform for Architecture + Research PAR
Project Team: Jennifer Marmon, Partner In Charge; Matthew Young, Ross Ferrari, Project Architects; Devon Montminy, Arthur Wong, Allison Klute, Seyoung Choi, Richard Molina, Tom Ames
Environmental: Arup, Russell Fortmeyer, Senior Consultant
Engineer: Arup
Client: Piraeus Port Authority & Ministry of Culture
Area: 14000 m2
Location: Piraeus, Athens, Greece
Website: p-ar.com
Collaboration between PAR Architects and ARUP

Status:
Completed

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