enota: ptuj archaeological museum

‘ptuj archaeological museum’ by enota in ptuj, slovenia all images courtesy enota

slovenian architecture practice enota has completed a design proposal for the ‘ptuj archaeological museum’, a two-level cultural facility in the historic town of ptuj, slovenia. partially plugged into the site, the project carefully works with the land’s excavation restrictions while seeking to recreate the area’s green belt with its planted roof form.

rendered aerial view

conceived to fill the gap in the natural edge of the town to the north, the museum is surrounded by a number of mediaeval structures: the monastery of the conventual franciscans to the east, a castle to the north, and the dominican monstery to the west. the proposed facility sits in the transitional zone between the old town core and the urban area, which accommodates three cellar buildings with large foundation pits. the design utilizes these factors to determine the depth of excavation, resulting in a below-grade exhibition level.

approach

organic in form, the bowl-shaped roof subtly undulates and folds up to create a new topography for the site. the vegetated surface lifts at some points to allow visual access of the exhibited archaeological collection. by the monastery, the edge rises to the height of the adjacent erstwhile wall to establish historical relations to the space. the resulting ‘slits’ between the surrounding terrain and the ‘floating’ green roof supply the interior with natural clerestory lighting.

access to central atrium

view of central atrium

lifted edge of floating green roof

rendered interior view

schematic diagram

site map

floor plan / level -1

floor plan / level 0

project info:

client: municipality of ptuj type: commission size: 6,720 m2

project team: dean lah, milan tomac, alja cerne, nebojsa vertovsek, andrej oblak, polona ruparcic, karmen bovha, marusa zupancic, nusa zavrsnik silec