« The annexe must enter into dialogue with the romantic architecture of the existing museum »
Client:
The Finnish Heritage Agency, the National Museum of Finland, Senate Properties
Location:
Helsinki, Finland
Status:
International competition
Area:
3 820 m2
Team:
Matthieu Boustany, Benoist Desfonds, Peeraya Suphasidh, Henrik Ilvesmäki
Year:
2020
Program:
Museum, Restaurant, Admnisitration, Archives
The Helsinki National Museum seeks to create an extension to accommodate large-scale contemporary art collections, cultural events and meeting spaces. Located next to the historic work of the architects Gesellius, Lindgren and Saarinen, our proposal strive toward the balance between conservation and operation, quietly echoing the ethos of the heritage building and site. One the ground level, a one-story building encloses a large open courtyard which accommodates flexible programing. The museum exhibition space and its supporting programs are hidden underground surrounded by light-casted rammed earth wall construction
