casanova + hernandez + “son” engineering & construction

casanova+hernandez, rotterdam / SON engineering, tirana

Black and White Twins project

Blaricum, the Netherlands

Ginkgo project

Beekbergen, the Netherlands

Ceramic Museum and Mosaic

Park. Jinzhou, China

CASANOVA+HERNANDEZ ARCHITECTS, ROTTERDAM / SON ENGINEERING, TIRANA

casanova+hernandez architects, rotterdam / SON engineering Tirana

FOTOTEKA KOMBËTARE MARUBI SHKODËR

CASANOVA+HERNANDEZ ARCHITECTS


FOOTEKA KOMBËTARE MARUBI SHKODËR


FOAM museum, Amsterdam. NL

TEAM MEMBERS: NETHERLANDS

Kim Knoppers: curator at Foam photography museum in Amsterdam, The Netherlands

TEAM MEMBERS: NETHERLANDS

Petra Blaisse: exhibition designer, landscape architect, interior designer, spatial artist

Seattle library, US. Collaboration with OMA

Biennale Venice

Artistic Intervention Sonneveld House, Rotterdam. NL Sonneveld House, 1932. Rotterdam. NL


TEAM MEMBERS: ALBANIA AND ITALY

Driant Zeneli: Visual Artist Zef Paci: curator Paolo Naldini / director Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto: curator Cecilia Guida / Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto: curator Enriketa Papa: historian Erind Bejleri: urban planner and landscape architect Gentian Stratoberdha: architect-restoration expert Athina Kavaja: architect

Cittadellarte-Fondazione Pistoletto


The National Historical Museum. Tirana


1 CULTURAL QUARTET AS SYMBIOTIC STRATEGY




GLOBAL STRATEGY THAT COMBINES PRESERVATION, RESTORATION, RE-FUNCTIONING, CURATIONAL PROGRAM AND MANAGEMENT


SPECIFIC IDENTITY FOCUSED ON THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDINGS


1 CULTURAL QUARTET AS SYM BIOTIC STRATEGY The National Historical M useum . Tirana

casanova+ hernandez, rotterdam / SON eng ineering , tirana











SPECIFIC IDENTITY FOCUSED ON THE HISTORY OF THE BUILDINGS




MAXIMUM PRESERVATION + NECESSARY RESTORATION + REVERSIBLE INTERVENTION




COMMON COMUNICATION STRATEGY




CULTURE QUARTET WALK ROUTE, BICYCLE PATH AND GUIDED VISIT




VIRTUAL WINDOWS THAT COMMUNICATE BUILDINGS OF THE CQ AND THE CQ WITH OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS




CULTURE QUARTET VIRTUAL NETWORK




FLEXIBLE, SUSTAINABLE AND COORDINATED PROGRAM OF ACTIVITIES




COMBINATION OF PERMANENT EXHIBITION WITH TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS & ACTIVITIES




ACTIVITIES ORGANIZED IN SERIES WITH CLEAR PUBLIC IMAGE




NEW MODEL PUBLIC-PRIVATE:

PULIC PRIVATE DIRECTION BOARD / PATRONS / YOUNG PATRONS / SPONSORS




NEW MODEL PUBLIC-PRIVATE:: EDUCATIONAL PROGRAMS / TICKETS




NEW MODEL PUBLIC-PRIVATE: SHOP, RESTAURANT, CAFÉ, RENTAL SPACES

National Historic Museum




2 OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE BUILDING

2 OPEN AND ACCESSIBLE BUILDING The National Historical Museum. Tirana


CURRENT ARCHITECTURAL EXPRESION DIVIDED IN TWO PARTS: “THE PLINTH” AND “THE BOX” ON TOP


“THE PUBLIC PLINTH” (ground floor and basement) - Public area

- Free access

- Entrance hall, information, tickets, cloakroom, cafe-restaurant, shop-cafe, library, temporary exhibitions, multifunctional rooms and educational rooms.


NEW PUBLIC FUNCTIONS AT GROUND FLOOR AND CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROUND MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPACE AND EDUCATIONAL ROOMS


“THE EXHIBITION BOX” (upper levels) - Permanent exhibition - Ticket control - Complete circulation around the courtyard


NEW PUBLIC FUNCTIONS AT GROUND FLOOR AND CONSTRUCTION OF UNDERGROUND MULTIFUNCTIONAL SPACE AND EDUCATIONAL ROOMS



EXHIBITION BOX: CONTINUOS CIRCULATION AROUND THE COURTYARD BY RELOCATING THE ADMINISTRATION IN THE PLINTH

EXISTING POSITION ADMINISTRATION

PROPOSED POSITION ADMINISTRATION

EXHIBITION INTERRUPTED BY THE ADMINITRATION

CONTINUOUS CIRCULATION IN PERMANENT EXHIBITION



MULTIFUNCTIONAL LANDSCAPE AROUND THE BUILDING



MUSEUM PUBLIC FUNCTIONS EXPANDS TO THE STREET INTENSIFYING THE PUBLIC USE OF PUBLIC SPACE AROUND THE MUSEUM



STREET ENTERS IN THE MUSEUM: MORE ACCESSIBLE+NEW ENTRANCES



PUBLIC AND ICONIC IMAGE: TRANSPARENT PUBLIC PLINTH BY DAY + COLORFUL EXHIBITION BOX BY NIGHT



FLOATING EXHIBITION BOX AND INTERACTIVE LIGHTING BY NIGHT



3 MUSEOGRAPHIC PROJECT:

CHRONO-THEMATIC-VIRTUAL EXHIBITION

3 MUSEOGRAPHIC PROJECT: CHRONO-THEMATIC-VIRTUAL EXHIBITION



TIME LINE OF ALBANIAN HISTORY

HISTORICAL

FACTS

HISTORICAL

DATES HISTORICAL

PERIODS

HISTORICAL

CONNECTIONS

THE PATH OF HISTORY

- Architectural element: floor and stairs.

- Visitors action: walking.

- Position: along the whole permanent exhibition.

- Content: time, facts and art.

-Media: texts, paintings, photos, artifacts, etc.




THEMATIC ROOMS

- Architectural element: rooms.

- Visitors action: standing.

- Position: in specific points of the “Path of History”.

- Content: historical theme.

- Media: text, photos, artifacts, videos, etc.

VIRTUAL WINDOWS

- Architectural element: window.

- Visitors action: seating.

- Position: close to windows in pockets in between periods.

- Content: historical connections.

- Media: videos.

CHRONOLOGICAL EXHIBTION

THEMATIC EXHIBTION

VIRTUAL EXHIBTION




TRANSLATION OF THE ALBANIAN TIME LINE INTO THE

ROUTING OF THE PERMANENT EXHIBTION

- WALKING IN THE TIME LINE OF HISTORY

- DIRECT RELATION SPACE AND TIME

- IMPORTANT YEARS ARE GRAPHICALLY MARKED IN

THE EXHIBTION TIME LINE PROVIDING ORIENTATION

TO THE VISITOR

- BODY POSITION IN THE SPACE MARKS A MOMENT IN

THE HISTORY


PERMANENT EXHIBITION AT GROUND FLOOR PERMANENT EXHIBITION AT FIRST FLOOR




THEMATIC ROOMS:

INTIMATE AREAS TO ZOOM IN SELECTED HISTORICAL TOPICS




VIRTUAL WINDOWS:

VIRTUAL CONNECTION WITH OTHER BUILDINGS OF THE CQ AND

OTHER CULTURAL INSTITUTIONS AND HISTORICAL PLACES.





4. ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTIONS


“The Stairs of History”

bar-kitchen of café-restaurant

information desk

multifunctional and educational rooms


4. ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTION

BUILDING RESTORATION, DEMOLITION OF ADDITIONS AND CONSTRUCTION OF CENTRALIZED VERTICAL CIRCULATION AND THE BASEMENT IN THE COURTYARD.


The National Historical Museum. Tirana 4. ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTION

TOTAL ACCESSIBILITY FOR HANDICAPPED PEOPLE

TECHNICAL RENOVATION OF THE BUILDING: SECURITY AND EMERGENCY STAIRS, FIRE PROTECTION AND EMERGENCY SIGNS INTEGRATED IN THE INTERIOR DESIGN OF THE BUILDING

RENOVATION OF SUSPENDED CEILINGS WITH INTEGRAL LIGHTNING SYSTEM

NEW SIGNS INTEGRATED IN THE INTERIOR DESIGN


The National Historical Museum. Tirana 4. ARCHITECTURAL INTERVENTION

RENOVATION OF CLIMATIZATION SYSTEM



5. INTEGRAL IDENTITY

MUSEUM IDENTITY LINKING ARCHITECTURE, INTERIOR DESIGN AND GRAPHIC DESIGN

MODERNIZATION OF MUSEUM BASED ON ACCUMULATION OF HISTORICAL STRATUMS


ANTIQUITY

COMUNISM THE NATIONAL LIBERATION WAR

INDEPENDENCE AND MONARCHY

ICONOGRAPHY RENAISSANCE MIDDLE AGES

MODERNITY

The National Historical Museum. Tirana 5. INTEGRAL IDENTITY

HISTORICAL STRATA AS GLOBAL IDENTITY CONCEPT

Stairs of History with historical dates integrated in the seating steps

museum logo integrated in the interior design elements

furniture design based in the stratum concept

exhibitors design based in the stratum concept


Strata concept


VERSATILE EXHIBITION SYSTEM BASED ON LAYERS





6. PUBLIC PLINTH:

AN OPEN, ACCESIBLE AND ALIVE CULTURAL SPACE

L -1 BASEMENT


6 PUBLIC PLINTH: AN OPEN ACCESIBLE AND ALIVE CULTURAL SPACE

L0 GROUND FLOOR



SOUTH ELEVATION

SECTION A-A'

SECTION B-B'





7. THE EXHIBITION BOX:

A WALK THROUGH THE ALBANIAN HISTORY

L1 FIRST FLOOR


7 EXHIBITION BOX: A WALK THROUGH THE ALBANIAN HISTORY

L2 SECOND FLOOR





SERIES OF FURNITURES AND EXHIBITORS

casanova + hernandez + “son” engineering & construction

Documents

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tiranacasanova hernandez

buildings casanova hernandez

national historical

tirana black

tirana1 cultural quartet

sym biotic strategy

tirana specific identity