MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY ART ARS AEVI, SARAJEVO
CLIENT: Sarajevo Canton, UNESCO
LOCATION: Ul. Zmaja od Bosne, Sarajevo
TOTAL FLOOR AREA: 5.000,00 m2
SITE AREA: 7.500,00 m2
TYPE: Commission Wining Tendering procedure for Main Design
STATUS: Main design
DESIGNER: Studio nonstop doo Sarajevo, from an original outline proposal by Renzo Piano Building Workshop
DATE: 2022 – present
PROGRAM: Museum, Exhibitions, Commecial, Public spaces
CONTEXT: The Ars Aevi Museum of Contemporary Art is located in the centre of the City, at the Marijin Dvor area, next to the Historical Museum, the residential and business complex of the Importanne Center, and the business zones provided for diplomatic consular missions. The urban context of the project is characterized by the presence of the river Miljacka with its promenade and the street/avenue Zmaja od Bosne parallel to the northern part of the building’s site.
CONCEPT: In RPBW’s original outline the ARS AEVI Museum building is designed as a dynamic urban center, where art is not treated as a closed and inaccessible treasure. Instead, the Home of the most valuable collection of contemporary art, through a combination of gallery, social and commercial space, becomes equally accessible to different interest groups.
Design of the entire museum is articulated as a longitudinal structure that follows the footpath from Grbavica settlement and Renzo Piano bridge and then along the opened promenade leads to Street Zmaja od Bosne and further towards the future university center – Campus.
The main contents of the building have been distributed on three levels: the basement (auditorium, administrative sector, and technical area), ground floor on the platform for public and social functions (mostly enclosed by glass walls), and the first floor (closed hovering volumes) for exhibition spaces.
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