barozzi veiga completes monolithic MCBA fine arts museum in lausanne
barcelona-based firm barozzi veiga has completed a major new museum in switzerland, which will open to the public in october 2019. the project ? the musée cantonal des beaux-arts de lausanne, or the museum of fine arts ? forms part of a larger masterplan for the city?s three main museums, originally proposed by barozzi veiga in 2011. located in close proximity to lausanne?s central railway station, the two hectare site was previously occupied by a 19th century train hall as well as other industrial buildings.
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conceived as a ?longitudinal monolithic volume?, the museum of fine arts (MCBA) runs parallel to the railway lines at the southern edge of the plot. referencing the former industrial condition of the site, the building embraces its setting with textural brick façades and rigorous geometry. ?the MCBA is specific to its site, it tries to establish a link with a certain atmosphere, to anchor it in the city in both space and history,? explains barozzi veiga.
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furthermore, the scheme preserves part of the original train hall and utilizes it as significant part of the project. protruding in a perpendicular direction towards the railway tracks, the hall?s arched window is highlighted by the new museum building behind it. ?the overall building is relatively hermetic , to protect the collections of the museum, and hence has a closed, introverted façade to the rails, on the south,...
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