MDS

Science Museum in Rome, Italy

Competition with Andrea Caputo

(teamwork: contribution mainly in diagrams and technical drawings)

A new longitudinal volume is inserted in the center of the existing historical building, becoming the backbone of the intervention. The roofs of the existing building and the ground floor are transformed into green spaces. Innovative facades pay homage to the idea of a science museum, exhibiting the materials of the future and producing energy.

The flows outside the museum find their natural continuation inside the building: a long foyer welcomes visitors and passers-by, configuring itself as a slender public square. The foyer space is designed as a walkable greenhouse increasing the internal comfort of the building.