peter pichler designs this 'museum depot' to resemble a grassy tyrolean peak

"Peter Pichler Architecture has proposed a Museum Depot in Bolzano, Italy, a complex designed to house, conserve, and share South Tyrol's cultural collections within a single, carefully planned campus. Set against the vineyards and steep slopes that ring the valley, the museum building is shaped by a broad, low silhouette that sits close to the terrain, with a raised grassy rooftop and generous glazing that present a calm civic face to the street."

"The new museum depot by Peter Pichler Architecture brings together functions that had been dispersed across the region into one space. Archaeological finds, artworks from provincial museums, photographic and film archives, along with pieces from the Unterberger and Eccel Kreuzer collections and Museion, are gathered under one roof, allowing over one million objects to be conserved with consistent standards and easier public access."

"The team led by Peter Pichler organizes the program around relationships between people and collections rather than treating storage as a series of isolated rooms. Offices, laboratories, workshops, storage areas, and galleries connect through direct routes that support daily research and handling. Circulation paths intersect in shared spaces, encouraging exchange between curators, conservators, and visitors."

A museum depot in Bolzano centralizes South Tyrol's dispersed cultural collections into a single campus capable of conserving over one million objects. The building adopts a broad, low silhouette that sits close to the terrain, with a raised grassy rooftop and generous glazing that read as an agricultural form translated into public architecture within the alpine landscape. Program organization prioritizes relationships between people and collections, linking offices, laboratories, workshops, storage areas, and galleries through direct circulation and shared spaces. Above-grade workspaces cluster around a daylighting courtyard, while subterranean exhibition zones and planned public access support research, handling, conservation, and visitor exchange.

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