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The museum project was born from the idea of relating the ancient Pompeii, with the new Pompeii. We analyzed the attraction poles of two “cities”: points then become generators of the museum itself.
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The project tries to exploit these typical features of the ancient city and make it a reason to design creating interesting relationships between full and empty, open rooms in visual relationship between them.
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Another key aspect of the museum are the stairs and ramps that aren’t just a simple vertical connection but generate the beginning a real teaching Promenade. Moreover, these allow direct access to some areas of the museum which must be accessible even when the exhibition spaces are closed.
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The museum then is no longer understood as the only container objects show to tourists but also as a center of interest for the inhabitants that can articipate in activities that take place inside.
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The building fits into the existing context in a neutral but decisive, with the use of translucent materials such as polycarbonate that let leak out a soft glow at the dusk.
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Its impressive dimensions make it feel the presence but not placing itself at odds with the context. “Pompeii is much more than a museum. Pompeii is life itself. “(Amelie Nothomb 1996) Source by Dario Di Tella.
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Location: Pompei, Naples, Italy
Architects: Dario Di Tella, Carmine Errico, Luigi Maisto
Competition: Pompei. Save the History
Classification: Honorable Mention
Year: 2014
Images: Courtesy of Dario Di Tella
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