Réservoir Pompeii – transit to exhibition

Project idea

The new Pompeii storehouse, serving as an entrance hall with exhibition space redefines and organizes the situation between the train station and the entrance bottleneck. At the transit location Porta Marina, a spatial chain of pearls emerges. Visitors move through the building from room to room via intermediate threshold spaces — the building reveals its logic and structure, explaining itself.

Project description

The internal organization categorizes the spatial program into two types of rooms: double-height main rooms, such as the foyer or gastronomy areas, act as serviced central points, while supplementary ancillary room structures, such as storage or kitchen areas, function as serving elements that dock and connect. The roof itself becomes a formative design element, marking important nodes of the spatial constellation.

Technical information

Small satellites within the archaeological site itself follow the structural principle of the exhibition space: supply chains with toilets, kiosks, and information points distribute themselves as lighthouses at important locations within the existing residential structure of Pompeii.