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Altan Museum
Altan Museum is a green covered museum for the work of the italian vignettist Francesco Altan, famous for its red-dot character “la Pimpa”. The project is located near the Villa Savorgnan Fior Pasi in the small village of Belvedere, near Aquileia, hometown of the artist, along the path of an old railway which today is part of the cycle route Alpe Adria (Salzburg-Grado). The project is a geometrical abstraction of a dune, in remembrance of the original landscape of the place. The triangular plan comes from the site area and some traces in the territory. The abandoned railway station becomes the entrance of the building and a landmark indicating the presence of this mimetic architecture. Exhibition rooms are arranged around a glass-covered indoor square and light is brought into the building through some excavated patios.
Year: 2021
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Location: Aquileia (UD), Italy
Typology: Cultural/Landscape
Original landscape
The morphology of the museum was inspired by the original landscape of the site. In fact, the surroundings areas were once part of a dune landscape covered by pinewoods. Some ancient dunes are still present nearby.
Geometrical abstraction
The territory was later transformed by humans and rationalised according to the geometry of agricultural production. The initial shape of the project underwent the same process, resulting in a triangular pyramid which is the geometrical abstraction of a dune.
Heritage reuse
The building site is crossed by the cycle path of Alpe Adria, which follows the route of the old railway. The abandoned station is restored and used as a landmarks, announcing the presence of the otherwise mimetic museum.
Plan arrangement
The former station works as the main access to the atrium and hosts a restaurant and some administrative rooms. The museum is located along the two shorter edges of the triangle, where a series of small patios and service blocks define the museal space. Along the other side, next to the station, other two larger patios divide the space in three functions: archive, study room and auditorium.
