A team led by David Chipperfield Architects Berlin has won the competition to modernize and extend the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, an institution with one of the world’s most extensive collections of prehistoric and ancient art.
Streetview of the new complex (©Filippo Bolognese)
David Chipperfield Architects riffs on, but tries not to compete with, Ludwig Lange and Ernst Ziller’s existing landmarked neoclassical building.
A central courtyard connects the old building and the new addition. (©Filippo Bolognese)
The firm’s intervention extends the plinth of the original structure to add 215,000 square feet (20,000 square meters) as well as a rooftop park.
Flowing exhibition space
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