Collaboration
Musée de la Romanité
Nîmes – France, 2017
The Musée de la Romanité establishes a strong architectural dialog with the Roman Arenas.
Facing the mass of stone and the magnificent design of the vertical arches that Rome has bequeathed, the building radiates in a clear, luminous presence, a fluid and diaphanous contemporary architecture whose horizontal drapes seem to levitate on the site and over the archaeological garden.
7 000 sheets of translucent glass seem to levitate on the site and over the archaeological garden.
Photos credit: Sergio Grazia
Technique
7 000 sheets of extra white glass decorated with a high definition semi-transparent white enamel veil.
Architect
2Portzamparc / Elizabeth de Portzamparc
Technical Studies
RFR
Realisation
Atelier Barrois with HEFI Façade
Client
City of Nîmes (France)