MUSEUM OF DEMOCRACY RIO DE JANEIRO

from Architecture + Design Portfolio by Natalie Tai

CHILDREN’S FURNITURE DESIGN

Fort Copacabana, Rio De Janeiro, Brazil

The museum seeks to bring together people being lifted and stacked it creates an open space free for the public to occupy. The way it is stacked connects the city with the ocean. The ocean views thread throughout the architecture at the lower floor whereas the upper floor of the museum offers an enclosed experience where visitors can appreciate the artifacts without distraction.

The lower ground wall shear wall contains the archieve and office spaces where the loading dock is located. Concreate reinforced columns hold up the structure as well as the vertical core that contains the egress stairs.

The ground floor is held up by reinforced concrete columns. The steel allowed an open floor plan and for the glass curtain to bring light into the interior and conenct the museum lobby space with the surrounding views.

The exhibition space at level 1 is constructed with perforated precast panels and supported by refincorced concrete columns and a 5ft thick support beams between the ground floor and level 1. The roof is supported by the tension created by arches. The arch structure transfers vertical weight to the foundation.