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YEAR |
2012 |
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SIZE 17750 |
sq.m |
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PROGRAM |
Culture |
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STATUS |
Competition |
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LOCATION |
Piraeus, Greece
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TEXT |
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The Museum of Underwater Archaeology is based on three main principles: <br> Transforming a SYMBOL of a post-industrial era into a SYMBOL of cultural infrastructure. <br> UTILITY – creating human scale and dynamic visual and communication connections from a distance and in close-up view. <br> ECOLOGICAL and HEDONISTIC SUSTAINABILITY – using the natural and climate resources and aesthetic emotional potential of the site. <br> Methods of metaphor, hyperbolisation and contrast are used for achieving memorable results. The materials and technologies used are of high innovative value and responsive to the natural surroundings. <br> The main concept is based on the idea of a WATER BUBBLE and its metamorphoses and influences on physical matter since its creation and coming to surface. The water bubble is a herald of energy, the cycles of life in nature and a symbol of the strive for progress. Underwater archaeology raises water bubbles in a literal and poetic sense of the word. The underwater archaeology is a process of transforming matter and consciousness in time. <br> The purpose of transformation of the silo structure into a Museum of Underwater Archaeology is to create a metaphor of dual perception of the image simultaneously as a land museum of underwater archaeology and an exponent in an underwater museum of land archaeology. The idea is to create a sense of lightness and softness of forms, as is we are in an underwater world. |
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