Museum of fortifications

Idea projektu

THE MUSEUM OF HISTORICAL FORTIFICATIONS PROJECT WAS CREATED AS PART OF ACTIONS AIMED AT PRESERVING THE MEMORY OF REDOUBT 54 EXISTING IN THIS LOCATION, OTHERWISE KNOWN AS ORDON’S REDOUBT USED DURING THE NOVEMBER UPRISING. THE SHAPE OF THE BUILDING FAITHFULLY REFLECTS THE LOCATION AND SHAPE OF THE ENTRANCE TO THE BASTION-SHAPE REDUT.

Popis projektu

THE MOST IMPORTANT ASSUMPTION OF THE MUSEUM IS TO EMPHASISE THE TIME NARRATIVE BY PLACING THE MUSEUM FUNCTION IN THE UNDERGROUND PART AS A COMMEMORATION OF THE PAST; WORKSHOP ROOMS, A CINEMA AND A RESTAURANT ON THE GROUND FLOOR IN THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESENT, AND AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL LABORATORY ON THE FIRST FLOOR AS A NOD TO THE SCIENCE THAT WILL TAKE US INTO THE FUTURE.

Technické informácie

TO EMBRACE THE HISTORICAL MEANING OF THE SITE AND FUNCTION, THE BUILDING HAS BEEN DESIGNED WITH A USE OF THICK LAYERES OF ROUGH CONCRETE. THE CREATION OF THE ATMOSPHERE WAS CRUCIAL SO THE MATERIALS OF THE EXTERIOR INTEGRATE WITH INTERIOR THAT IS SOFTEN BY WARM WOODEN CONSTRUCTION OF THE STAIRS AND GALERIES.