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Cultural centres
Αddition, Repair and Transormation of the
Arethousa timeless museum building at Chalkis
Architectural Award 2008, Held by the Ministry of Culture
Study in collaboration with Obermeyer Hellas Co.
The Arethousa building is an old distillery and one of the most eminent
industrial buildings of Chalkis.
The Ministry of Culture , having bought the property, launched a design competition concerning
its repair, add-ups and conversion into a museum.
The rectangular, stone-built. abandoned building is at present in a bad state
whereas there is stationary water in the lot due to its proximity to the
ancient spring of Arethousa.
The building programme includes a permanent display of findings from all over
Evia together with a periodical display area which will be accomodated in the
existing building semi-open showrooms for bulky sculpures, Headstones and a new
building for the maintainance workshops and study findings, off-site storage
areas offices, etc.
In the present proposal, the old main building is joined using a glass
corridor, with the adjacent existing office building which is turned into a
canteen.
The new building is constucted using modern materials and is fragmented into
several volumes so that it differs from the existing building and not to
compete it.
Its metal roof is curved symbolizing water waves.
The surroundings of the Museum is planted with vegetation, whereas a parking
lot is created.
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