Byron Cai, Melody Chen
Museo di Porta Portese
Byron Cai, Melody Chen
Museo di Porta Portese
Museo di Porta Portese
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About
The museum typology of the 21st century has both something universal and something local. In Rome, a city that is deeply rooted in its historical armatures, the museum does not require the iconicness of the “Bilbao-effect”, rather it should address the contemporary values of public space and neoliberalism. The “Post-Bilbao” era of the museum relies predominately in temporality and flexibility to redefine the cultural institution into a new paradigm - one which emphasizes porosity and heterogeneity over a homogeneous museum-going experience.
The site, situated along the Tiber river in Porta Portese and defined by its historic buildings, has the predefined characteristic of a private villa. The project exploits its unique site to become a mediator between the city and the Tiber river. The linearity of the site is divided into bands along its short axis, where each band reacts to the museum-going experience and community-driven programs in a unique way. The museum, in this way, becomes a sequential topography where people walk through the space like a landscape. There are moments where the ground dips down towards the water, or moments that elevates one above the city.
About
The museum typology of the 21st century has both something universal and something local. In Rome, a city that is deeply rooted in its historical armatures, the museum does not require the iconicness of the “Bilbao-effect”, rather it should address the contemporary values of public space and neoliberalism. The “Post-Bilbao” era of the museum relies predominately in temporality and flexibility to redefine the cultural institution into a new paradigm - one which emphasizes porosity and heterogeneity over a homogeneous museum-going experience.
The site, situated along the Tiber river in Porta Portese and defined by its historic buildings, has the predefined characteristic of a private villa. The project exploits its unique site to become a mediator between the city and the Tiber river. The linearity of the site is divided into bands along its short axis, where each band reacts to the museum-going experience and community-driven programs in a unique way. The museum, in this way, becomes a sequential topography where people walk through the space like a landscape. There are moments where the ground dips down towards the water, or moments that elevates one above the city.
The site, situated along the Tiber river in Porta Portese and defined by its historic buildings, has the predefined characteristic of a private villa. The project exploits its unique site to become a mediator between the city and the Tiber river. The linearity of the site is divided into bands along its short axis, where each band reacts to the museum-going experience and community-driven programs in a unique way. The museum, in this way, becomes a sequential topography where people walk through the space like a landscape. There are moments where the ground dips down towards the water, or moments that elevates one above the city.
