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ART AND HISTORY MUSEUM - CITADELLE DE SAINT-MARTIN-DE-RE F-17 Saint-Martin-de-Ré / France / 2007
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An adjunct to history. The period of reference is the Renaissance. The building is narrow and straight, severe yet daring, due to its curve. A curve that defines a single interior space surrounding the visitor, a covered street that guides him from the historic port to the secret garden of the ancient commandery. A passage, an orifice, like the curl of an ocean wave. A metal roof and glass façades, protected by a filter of wooden slats that follow an irregular rhythm. The form is simple and strict. Supported by a metal colonnade with, again, an irregular rhythm. The blue-grey roof emerges quietly from the aligned walls of the neighboring streets. In the exhibit room it covers, the visitor, bathed in filtered rays of sun, savors a glimpse of a forbidden garden.
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An adjunct to history. The period of reference is the Renaissance. The building is narrow and straight, severe yet daring, due to its curve. A curve that defines a single interior space surrounding the visitor, a covered street that guides him from the historic port to the secret garden of the ancient commandery. A passage, an orifice, like the curl of an ocean wave. A metal roof and glass façades, protected by a filter of wooden slats that follow an irregular rhythm. The form is simple and...
- Year 2007
- Work started in 2005
- Work finished in 2007
- Main structure Steel
- Client Ville de Saint-Martin-de-Ré
- Contractor Haranger
- Cost 2.3 MEHT
- Status Completed works
- Type Parks, Public Gardens / Multi-purpose Cultural Centres / Museums / Libraries / Showrooms/Shops / Interior Design / Custom Furniture / Book shops
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