MUSEUM FOR THE ANCIENT SHIP ARGO, VOLOS, GREECE
INTERNATIONAL ARCHITECTURAL COMPETITION
PROJECT MANAGERS
PANOS KOUNTOURAS , LIDA DITSA
PROJECT TEAM
PANOS KOUNTOURAS , LIDA DITSA
PROJECT INFO
USE: MUSEUM
LOCATION: PORT OF VOLOS, VOLOS, GREECE
OWNER: MUNICIPALITY OF VOLOS
TOTAL AREA OF BUILDING: 2.428 M²
STUDY: 2013
DESCRIPTION
The concept of the synthesis initiates by the placement of the basic exhibit, Argo, in a wooden box in other words by imboxing it. The word box (kivotio) ,in ancient Greek, is a hyporistic for the word arc (kivotos), which is used to describe a place where a spiritual-historic heritage is salvaged. This wooden shell is subject to a field of forces that provoke a number of transformations. The outcome of these alterations is a building charged with dynamic energy.
In the interior the building comes to carry the narration of a trip that begins in Iolkos, follows a big circle and returns to the starting point. With a topologic-geometrical approach and with the addition of the parameter of time, we have to do with a spiral course. This geometrical diagramme is put to form with the creation of a linear, spiral route in which the visitors are led with the basic artifact in its center. Thus, the voyage revives and the interior of the building is an assistance to the perception of space & time .
The architecture of the building is a combination of two basic factors: on one hand, the concept of a unified Museum space, and on the other of a semi transparent technological shell which is minimal and energy efficient. This way semi transparency is induced with the following results: a. reduction of energy consumption and b. creation of an evocative environment in which the exhibits are presented.
In the interior, a dominant central high rise space is the core of the exhibition’s spaces which are unfolded around it. Furthermore the Museum expands on the top with a lightweight metal structure with transparent siding to provide an unobstructed view to the sea, the natural environment of Argo’s voyage.
The concept of the synthesis initiates by the placement of the basic exhibit, Argo, in a wooden box in other words by imboxing it. The word box (kivotio) ,in ancient Greek, is a hyporistic for the word arc (kivotos), which is used to describe a place where a spiritual-historic heritage is salvaged. This wooden shell is subject to a field of forces that provoke a number of transformations. The outcome of these alterations is a building charged with dynamic energy.
In the interior the building comes to carry the narration of a trip that begins in Iolkos, follows a big circle and returns to the starting point. With a topologic-geometrical approach and with the addition of the parameter of time, we have to do with a spiral course. This geometrical diagramme is put to form with the creation of a linear, spiral route in which the visitors are led with the basic artifact in its center. Thus, the voyage revives and the interior of the building is an assistance to the perception of space & time .
The architecture of the building is a combination of two basic factors: on one hand, the concept of a unified Museum space, and on the other of a semi transparent technological shell which is minimal and energy efficient. This way semi transparency is induced with the following results: a. reduction of energy consumption and b. creation of an evocative environment in which the exhibits are presented.
In the interior, a dominant central high rise space is the core of the exhibition’s spaces which are unfolded around it. Furthermore the Museum expands on the top with a lightweight metal structure with transparent siding to provide an unobstructed view to the sea, the natural environment of Argo’s voyage.