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Creating a dialogue across time in Athens : the new Acropolis museum and the Parthenon
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posted on 2011-01-01, 00:00 authored by Chloe Antonio, Ursula De JongUrsula De JongA visit to the New Acropolis Museum in Athens, Greece, in late June 2010 set in train a number of questions and inspired a research project to begin to unravel something of the complex relationship between ancient and modern architecture on the Athenian Acropolis. Research was guided by the question: how does the contemporary museum, designed by Swiss born architect Bernard Tschumi in collaboration with local Greek architect Michalis Photiadis relate to the ancient Acropolis and the fifth century BC Parthenon, whose sculptures it was to house? A critical literature review was augmented by design analysis and field experience. This paper documents the resulting critical thematic investigations of the Parthenon, the Acropolis and the New Museum through siting, materiality and light, alignment, visual connections, through exploitation of the unique Attic light, orchestrated movement and considered juxtapositions. Research has revealed that Tschumi’s deliberate strategy of creating a dialogue between his building and the ancient monuments holds the key to his design intent, to creatively exploring contemporary architecture at the edge of such a physically and culturally dominant ancient plateau.
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Association of Architecture Schools of Australasia. Conference : Architecture @ the Edge (2011 : Geelong, Vic.)Pagination
71 - 81Publisher
Deakin University, School of Architecture & BuildingLocation
Geelong, Vic.Place of publication
Geelong, Vic.Start date
2011-09-18End date
2011-09-21ISBN-13
9780958192552Language
engPublication classification
E1 Full written paper - refereedCopyright notice
2011, Chloe Antonio and Ursula de JongEditor/Contributor(s)
H Elkadi, L Xu, J CoulsonTitle of proceedings
Proceedings of the 2011 International Conference of the Association of Architecture Schools of AustralasiaUsage metrics
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