MOR-architects and EP Architects won the competition for the new Archaeological Museum of Sparta in Greece.
By Christele Harrouk
“MOR-architects and EP Architects were awarded the first position in the competition for the new Archaeological Museum of Sparta. With an architectural concept based on creating an elevated space of exhibition on top of the archaeological site, the winning project generates a constant visual connection between the old and the new.”
“The proposed scheme comes as an addition to a listed building of industrial legacy, and to the surrounding archaeological site. According to the designers, “the existing building and its expansion compose an “island” in an “archaeological sea” which surrounds them”. The new addition will take place in the old storage space of the existing factory.”
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