"Announcing the approval, Greece's Minister of Culture Lina Mendoni stated: 'Greece is acquiring the National Archaeological Museum it deserves.' Her statement frames the project as a recalibration of a complex architectural organism shaped by 19th-century neoclassicism and successive modernist additions. The existing building, originally conceived for a very different museological era, now struggles to accommodate contemporary visitor numbers, conservation standards, and curatorial practices."
"A new main entrance on Patission Street leads to a public plaza and an interior foyer designed as a civic threshold. Above and below ground, the museum extends into a landscaped public park that acts as an urban garden. Conceived in dialogue with Ernst Ziller's original 1889 building and the romantic park traditions of its era, the landscape design unfolds through winding paths, layered planting,"
Preliminary studies for the expansion and upgrade of the National Archaeological Museum in Athens were approved, initiating a major redesign by David Chipperfield Architects with Alexandros Tombazis Architects. The project consolidates fragmented additions, restores original elements, and introduces new spaces to meet contemporary visitor numbers, conservation requirements, and international curatorial standards. Circulation and daylighting are reworked, including a new main entrance on Patission Street, a public plaza, and an interior foyer as a civic threshold. The museum extends above and below ground into a landscaped urban park informed by Ernst Ziller's 1889 building and romantic park traditions, with winding paths, layered planting, and varied topography. Galleries will alternate between large daylight halls and smaller introspective cabins.
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