• museum
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• Archeological Museum, Saint-Romain-en-Gal
• Museography of the Archeological Museum, Saint-Romain-en-Gal
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• Modernisation and extension of the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris
• Museography of the Musée du Petit Palais, Paris
• "Le Soleil et l'Etoile du Nord", Exhibition, Grand Palais, Paris
• Musée des Arts premiers, Quai Branly, Paris
• Scenography of Saint-Germain-des Prés station, Paris 6e
• Tepee Lautrec, Grand Palais, Paris

The extension to the museum (which includes reception areas, library, and temporary exhibition space) is housed in cubic structures, predominantly golden in colour, freely arranged in the museum park and courtyard near the river. A continuous underground level under the courtyard distributes the circulation efficiently, with exhibition areas benefiting from natural sunlight through glass shards scattered over the floor. The breakdown of the programme into several independent units characterised by stylistic simplicity and refinement creates an interesting contrast with the late 19th-centry architecture of the existing building in the backdrop.

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Program

Rehabilitation and extension of the Museum.

Client

Groupe des Musées suisses

Project team

Chaix & Morel et Associés, Paris
Philippe Chaix, Jean-Paul Morel, Walter Grasmug
and Aurélia Leclerc, Gary Masaero, Isabelle Raymondo, Alexandru Tocilescu, Katharina Winkler

Leonhardt, Andrä + Partner, structure
Robert Aerni Ingenieur Ag, mechanical and electrical engineering
Rotzler + Krebs, Winterthur, landscaping
Nicholas Green & Associés, facade
Marc Fontoynont, Lyon, natural lighting

Key figures

Surface area : 15 000 m²
Competition 2002

Photography credits

Aoki Paris
Eddie Young

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