Mali Museum Extension

Year: 2016

Location: Museum of Art of Lima, Peru

Area: 6,000 m2

Team: Pablo Pérez Palacios, Alfonso de la Concha, Miguel Vargas, Andrés Domínguez

Renders: PPAA

The goal that guided the project was to reconcile the richness of the museum's historical background with the current socio-cultural state, as well as to invite the visitor to recognize and appreciate the historical weight.

The non-museum

The project is governed by a wall that closes you against noise and visual contamination and allows you to open an esplanade in front of the main façade. In the project, this esplanade is a large roof that directs the user immediately toward the museum. In the same way, it is a space for recreation and transition. On the other hand, the new volume emphasizes its materiality, guided by the composition of the pre-existing volume’s façade, and respects both its height and shape. The third level exceeds the height of the original construction only to blend into the landscape like a clear mirror of the façade, avoiding competing with the construction to which it refers. One of the most important aspects of the project is the place of emptiness, the non-museum.

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