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)

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