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ACADEMIC PROJECTS
MARITIME MUSEUM OF NAVAL EXPLORATION & TRADE
LOCATED IN SEVILLE, SPAIN, THIS PROJECT’S GOAL WAS TO ANALYZE THE CITY’S HISTORY & INCORPORATE IT INTO THE MUSEUM FOR THE PUBLIC. THE SITE CHOSEN FOR THE PROJECT RETAINS PART OF THE ROMAN WALL THAT FIRST STARTED TO GET BUILT AROUND 65 BC. THE PROGRAM FOR THE MUSEUM STRENTHEN’S AN EXISTING PUBLIC SPACE, CENTERED AROUND THE HISTORICAL LANDMARK CALLED THE HISPALIS FOUNTAIN. THE MUSEUM FEATURES A COURTYARD THAT SERVES AS A “MEMORY” OF THE EXISTING BUILDING THAT WAS IN IT’S PLACE. A SEQUENCE OF SPACES IS MEANT TO BRING PEOPLE THROUGH THE OPEN PUBLIC SPACES BACK TO THE MORE HISTORICAL SPACE FEATURING THE ROMAN WALL.
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Initial massing
Public spaces
Connection from main spaces to the remnants of the roman wall
Responding to geometry of site
Preserving & celebrating history. The courtyard for this building is based on the “memory” of the courtyard space of the existing building.
Creating connection
Translating exterior spaces to the exterior
