Tirana Pyramid by MVRDV

Tirana Pyramid
Tirana Pyramid
Image © MVRDV

Situated in the centre of Tirana, the former Enver Hoxha Museum designed in the 1980s by a group of architects including the then president’s daughter Pranvera Hoxha and her husband Klement Kolneci. Throughout the years it has also served as a temporary base for NATO during the War in Kosovo, a night club and as an event space. In recent years there were plans to transform the structure into a national theatre.

Tirana Pyramid
Image © MVRDV

These plans never materialized meaning the building has been left to decay for more than a decade. The pyramid has a unique silhouette and a strong presence in the urban environment. It never left the public attention and was a centre point in numerous protest and a background for demonstrations. Despite the generous use of glass on its façade the building appears to be hermetically sealed and inaccessible.

Tirana Pyramid
Image © MVRDV

The attempt to transform the interior clogged the atrium and created even more obstacles for one to experience the space. The project aims to give the building back to the public. By opening the ground floor from all sides the structure becomes transparent. By making the façade roof accessible and scalable a new perspective to the city appears and by flooding the interior of the space with green the object becomes one with its surroundings. Source by MVRDV.

Tirana Pyramid
Photo © Gent Onuzi
  • Location: Tirana, Albania
  • Architect: MVRDV
  • Pricipal: Winy Maas, Jacob Van Rijs and Nathalie De Vries
  • Project Team: Winy Maas, Stefan de Koning with Ronald Hoogeveen, Boris Tikvarski, Stavros Gargaretas, Leo Stuckardt and Guido Boeters
  • Youth centre management: TUMO
  • Client: Municipality of Tirana
  • Program: 11,800m2 educational facility for youths
  • Year: 2018+
  • Images: Gent Onuzi, Courtesy of MVRDV

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