m u s e u m ingres–bourdelle extesion project project concept
1 SITUATION
SITE, PLOT
The plot is located in
an urban gap limited by the massive Ingres museum on its northern boundary and
two perpendicular containment walls that isolate in height the nearby busy town
center but yet focus its sight on to the clinging limits of the city over the
river Tarn.
The most important
elements found and experienced on site that define our project are:
- The dialogue with the
river establishing some direct sights as well as a straight physical contact
with it.
- The need to set a relation
between the existing museum and the new intervention, but nonetheless
preserving the autonomy and character of each separate element.
LANDSCAPE
A particular and complex encounter between two different contexts:
firstly, the flowing river that provides a clear and undoubtful border or
geographical definition splashing both sides with natural elements, secondly,
the urban extension of Montauban stretched along both banks of the river.
Contrast of textures and materials, mass against liquid.
PROGRAM: WHAT IS THE BUILDING, FUNCTION
There’s been a previous reflexive stage regarding the objectives and
aims sought in this project, mainly focusing on the meaning and possibilities
set by the functionalism of a museum. We are completely aware of the reversible
and flexible nature of the current program present in the latest built museums
that has definitely washed away the undeniable presupposed concepts concerning
the exhibition of art and culture. Thus, the development of the project has
been turned in an experimentation and redefinition way seeking to find a
functional and pleasant solution. The internal organization of the building,
the exhibition methods, the supply of different cultural activities and the
treatment given to the exterior issues are the crucial aspects that will give
shape and definition to the design.
The satisfaction required by the proposed program is key to the
development and final result of this exercise, we must not forget the straight
and clear needs demanded by a museum. The presence of exhibition galleries,
internal circulations, a conference room, a café, a bookshop and the necessary
elements will be sorted out and structured in an experimental way in order to exploit
the mentioned experimentation possibilities.
2 INTERESTS, TOPICS/IDEAS
Our priority is to get
a dynamic and free walkthrough that provides an intimate and fluid relation
between the visitor and the artworks. This issue is materialized by the fact
that the visitors aren’t forced to continue a clear path inducing an unhurried discovery
and experimentation of the museum. This fact is part of one the rendering
purposes of this project, the need to avoid exposing the essence and soul of
the museum at a first glance. The interaction between the set of volumes and the
empty spaces along with the use of light and shadows gives our museum a space
and atmosphere shifting behavior.
3 REFERENCES
To be mentioned during the exposition.
4 IDEAS
Connection between two different sites and contexts.
Integration with the close surroundings and the general landscape of the
city/river.
Avoid the insertion of intrusive elements that could spoil the whole
longitudinal elevation.
Provide both visitors and citizens with a new and adapted connection
between heights.
Unity or marked rhythm by means of the use of different elements.
Exploration of the possibilities offered by the work on different
volumes and geometry.
Dual relations between negative and positive spaces.
Clarifying architecture, understandable building, but surprising and
unpredictable progression.
Creation of new public spaces, direct connection to the river,
regeneration of a wasted piece of urban hatch.
Importance of light and illumination supply, different ways of facing
this problem.
Generation of different routes and tracks based on the volumetric game
applied.
