THE LIMA ART MUSEUM – NEW CONTEMPORARY ART WING, LIMA – PERÙ, 2016

INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION
2ND PRIZE
WITH MORAMARCO+VENTRELLA AND FILIPPO BOLOGNESE

THE MALI EXPANSION IS PART OF A STRATEGY TO REDESIGN THE URBAN SPACE, RESPONDING TO THE NEEDS OF THE MUSEUM PROGRAM AND THE DEMAND FOR PUBLIC SPACE, WHILE FOLLOWING THE HISTORICAL AND ARCHITECTURAL LEGACY TRACE OF THE SITE.

THE PROJECT AIMS TO RESTORE THE MUSEUM’S ROLE AS AN URBAN PROTAGONIST, INTEGRATING IT INTO A BROADER SPATIAL SYSTEM THAT INCLUDES THE PARQUE DE LA EXPOSICIÓN, THE PARQUE JUANA LARCO DE D’AMÉRIQUE, AND THE ESTADIO NACIONAL. THE METRO EXITS ARE POSITIONED SYMMETRICALLY TO THE TWO PARKS, MAKING THE NEW SQUARE THE MAIN ACCESS POINT TO THE ENTIRE PARK-MUSEUM SYSTEM.

THE EXPANSION IS DEVELOPED ALMOST ENTIRELY UNDERGROUND, WITH THE EXCEPTION OF THE ENTRANCE VOLUME, DESIGNED TO REBALANCE THE RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN THE MUSEUM AND THE CITY. THIS NEW ELEMENT VISUALLY GUIDES VISITORS AND CREATES A CIRCUIT BETWEEN THE EXISTING ENTRANCE, THE CAFETERIA AND THE EXPANSION, ACTIVATING THE PUBLIC SPACE. THE LARGE BARREL VAULT THAT EMERGES ABOVE GROUND BECOMES A RECOGNIZABLE ICON OF A SPECIFIC URBAN MOMENT.

THE PROJECT IS CONCEIVED AS A UNIQUE MOMENT IN THE CITY’S DEVELOPMENT, IN WHICH THE CULTURAL PROGRAM IS REFLECTED AND GENERATES A NEW URBAN CONDITION. THE PLACES OF ART BECOME DEFINING ELEMENTS OF A NEW WAY OF APPROPRIATING THE CITY.

Collaborators: Nicola D’Auria, Giuseppe De Marinis Gallo, Annamaria Santarcangelo, Eugenio Vacca
Images: © Filippo Bolognese