WATER WORKS PARK: BUILDING PRECEDENTS

NATIONAL MUSEUM OF ROMAN ART - MERIDA, SPAINARCHITECT RAFAEL MONEO

EL GRECO CONGRESS CENTER - TOLEDO, SPAINARCHITECT RAFAEL MONEO

SHELTER FOR ROMAN ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE - CHUR, SWITZERLANDARCHITECT PETER ZUMTHOR

HEDMARK MUSEUM, HAMAR, NORWAYARCHITECT SVERRE FEHN

PUBLIC LIBRARY - CEUTA, SPAINARCHITECT PAREDES PEDROSA

KOLUMBA MUSEUM - COLOGNE, GERMANYARCHITECT PETER ZUMTHOR

Built over a still-buried portion of the original Roman town, founded in 24 B.C. Complementary material palette. Contrast between smooth new surfaces and rough ruins.

40,000 SF convention center woven into 16th century urban fabric of this UNESCO World Heritage site. Clear distinction between old and new.

Protective pavilion over Roman ruins. Light, modern metal and wood structure contrasts with the heaviness of the ruins.

13th century Bishop’s fortress ruins and 18th-century barn and manor, woven together by a contemporary intervention in concrete, wood, steel, and glass.

Geometry and strategically-placed pillars designed around 14th-century ruins below. The ruins are only revealed from within.

Art museum of the Roman Catholic Archdiocese, built over the ruins of a late-Gothic church. Material choices integrate old with new, while clearly distinguishing one from the other.