PIRAEUS CULTURAL COAST BY 10AM ARCHITECTURE


01Piraeus-Cultural-Coast-by-10AM-Architecture

The Museum of Underwater Archaeology is based on three main principles:

Transforming a SYMBOL of a post-industrial era into a SYMBOL of cultural infrastructure.

02-Piraeus-Cultural-Coast-by-10AM-Architecture

UTILITY – creating human scale and dynamic visual and communication connections from a distance and in close-up view.

ECOLOGICAL and HEDONISTIC SUSTAINABILITY – using the natural and climate resources and aesthetic emotional potential of the site.

03-Piraeus-Cultural-Coast-by-10AM-Architecture

Methods of metaphor, hyperbolisation and contrast are used for achieving memorable results. The materials and technologies used are of high innovative value and responsive to the natural surroundings.

04-Piraeus-Cultural-Coast-by-10AM-Architecture

The main concept is based on the idea of a WATER BUBBLE and its metamorphoses and influences on physical matter since its creation and coming to surface.

05-Piraeus-Cultural-Coast-by-10AM-Architecture

The water bubble is a herald of energy, the cycles of life in nature and a symbol of the strive for progress. Underwater archaeology raises water bubbles in a literal and poetic sense of the word. The underwater archaeology is a process of transforming matter and consciousness in time.

06-Piraeus-Cultural-Coast-by-10AM-Architecture

The purpose of transformation of the silo structure into a Museum of Underwater Archaeology is to create a metaphor of dual perception of the image simultaneously as a land museum of underwater archaeology and an exponent in an underwater museum of land archaeology.

07-Piraeus-Cultural-Coast-by-10AM-Architecture

The idea is to create a sense of lightness and softness of forms, as is we are in an underwater world. The soft and white forms create a sensation of Greece and the Mediterranean, the wind and the sun. Sharp and dynamic shadows lighten up the atmosphere and brighten the mood as emotional challenges.

08-Piraeus-Cultural-Coast-by-10AM-Architecture

The opportunity to climb up and to find panoramas on the edge between water and land is more than a challenge and bestows with supreme pleasure the visit to the Museum of Underwater Archaeology, a part of the cultural coast of Piraeus.

10-Piraeus-Cultural-Coast-by-10AM-Architecture
09-Piraeus-Cultural-Coast-by-10AM-Architecture 

12-Piraeus-Cultural-Coast-by-10AM-Architecture
11-Piraeus-Cultural-Coast-by-10AM-Architecture 

Location:Vouneuil-sur-Vienne, Greece

Architects: 10AM Architecture

Leave a Reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *