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Open Air Museum in Tarquinia, Italy Etruscan Necropolis

The necropolis is re-organized and re-generated through architectural interventions and landscape design.Drawing inspiration from the Etruscan civilization, the design incorporates the rich flora, traditional materials and lifestyle of the Etruscans. It pays tribute to the remarkable societal equality of women, a significant aspect of their culture. Studios for women arts & crafts act as the generator of life for the museum of death.

The journey starts with an itinerary for extensive trekking between two necropolises (Tarquinia and Cerveteri) to immerse in nature and discover history through-out the territory.

The underground tombs of the Necropolis are grouped regarding their wall paintings.

These themed groups are gathered in open-air rooms that are slightly lower than surrounding landscape.

Corten roofs cover the tombs from the rain while visually connecting different themes of tombs.

A linear structure is built to make up a tunnel. This coverage of the vehicle traffic aims to return silence and piece to the necropolis.

Tombs visitor encounters with a symphony of open-air rooms, curved roofs, many public interactions and a complex path. where the inside reaches out and spreads, welcomes the visitor teaser, which is a tomb that is open to visits without a ticket.

The borders of the area are re-considered as opportunities of gardens and human interactions, which are for both the public and the private parts. These borders are made of elements that are rememberances of the Etruscan culture and landscape, such as women art atelies and the plant species of the gardens.

The narrative is not enforced on the visitor, more the opposite, visitors create their own narrative with the help of the path that offers many options of interconnection.

The tombs that are hidden underground are grouped under themes regarding the stories that are painted on the walls. These themes find their architectural form as slightly carved open-air rooms in the landscape. However, the path and the roofs break the rule of themes and they offer a narrative-free connection.

Acontrol panel allows the selection of languages and starts the light show narrated by the story of the wall painting. Light projectors are placed on the surfaces that are not visible from the glass facade.

Ateliers of arts and crafts, offering a place of with reference to the Etruscan culture and fence reference to the geomorphology of the Necropolis, grant several access to the highline which is the pedestrian level tunnel. The services located in the building work for both museum visitors and the public. fence as an interactive border

The Acropolis Ateliers

while exhibiting all the open and available tombs, also exhibits the true number of tombs that are hidden underground via installation along the landscape. These corten sticks are a rememberence to the Etruscan bronze and in certain seawith the characteristic wind of the area, creating music

The soundsticks mark the locations of the unreachable tombs.

GUCUYETER SINEM

SALDUTTI MARIA LUZ

ABDALLAH MOHAMMED ABDALGADIR HUDA

They offer a musical experience thanks to the strong winds in the area.

REZAI MORTEZA

SADE PAOLA

ABBASI AGHDAM MOHAMMADREZA

WU PEIYUN

ALIPOUR ARDEBIL NEGAR

HAO RONGZHI

HUANG LIYE

CHAI XU

The Necropolis Tombs

sculptural chimneys serve for the ventilation of the underground tombs

CHENG ZIXUAN

WEI YUXIN

MORADI MALIHE the soil accumulations on top of the tombs are kept as they are

WANG XUEQI

XU AI

KANA EDERA

TAHIRI DIELLEZA

ZEKAJ ENKELEJDA

SOUMITRA

MUDRABOINA NIKHITA

NEMA KRITIKA

Exhibition of Tombs

Some tombs are kept buried, others are carved out of the soil and covered with a corten case, a homage to the use of bronze in Etrucan culture.

The borders of the area are defined by the Acropolis and Etruscan Gardens serving both to the public and museum visitor, acting as a fence between the two building as a fence garden as a fence

The open-air museum of the Etruscan Necropolis in Tarquinia is re-imagined as a free-flowing experience that changes with every visit. The visitor encounters with a symphony of open-air rooms, curved roofs, many public interactions and a complex path.

The open-air museum of the Etruscan Necropolis in Tarquinia is re-imagined as a free-flowing experience that changes with every visit. The visitor encounters with a symphony of open-air rooms, curved roofs, many public interactions and a complex path.

The borders of the area are re-considered as opportunities of gardens and human interactions, which are for both the public and the private parts. These borders are made of elements that are rememberances of the Etruscan culture and landscape, such as women art atelies and the plant species of the gardens.

The borders of the area are re-considered as opportunities of gardens and human interactions, which are for both the public and the private parts. These borders are made of elements that are rememberances of the Etruscan culture and landscape, such as women art atelies and the plant species of the gardens.

The narrative is not enforced on the visitor, more the opposite, visitors create their own narrative with the help of the path that offers many options of interconnection.

The narrative is not enforced on the visitor, more the opposite, visitors create their own narrative with the help of the path that offers many options of interconnection.

The tombs that are hidden underground are grouped under themes regarding the stories that are painted on the walls. These themes find their architectural form as slightly carved open-air rooms in the landscape. However, the path and the roofs break the rule of themes and they offer a narrative-free connection.

The tombs that are hidden underground are grouped under themes regarding the stories that are painted on the walls. These themes find their architectural form as slightly carved open-air rooms in the landscape. However, the path and the roofs break the rule of themes and they offer a narrative-free connection.

Arts & Crafts ateliers of the linear acropolis

Entrance the museum reaches outside and reveals a public tomb as a teaser

Ateliers of arts and crafts, offering a place of expression to women with reference to the Etruscan culture and social life.

Ateliers of arts and crafts, offering a place of expression to women with reference to the Etruscan culture and social life.