MUSEUM OF
ETHNOGRAPHY
Type: Open call Competition
Site: Budapest/ Hungary
Size: 20 000 m2
Project status: 2nd prize
Year: November 2014
Stability Engineers: Bureau Greish.
Sustainability & HVAC Engineers: VKgroup.
Rendring: MAV/ Mohamed Aouam.
A space where the users articulate the building while the building articulates the city. On the ground floor, the promenade continue on the inner attractive path from shops, café to events spaces. A large ramps takes its starting point at the busy arrival reception and gradually extends to the different ambiance. The Museum become more than exhibition space, it’s a space to be explored and experienced. The ramps leads visitors to cross the institution part of the museum with all its workshops, Ethnological archives and library to the main exhibition part. The exhibition core is lifted above the institutional pillars. From the Main exhibition, a lounge bar is taking a place as a relaxing point after the exhibition visit. The lounge bar is extended on the terrace above the city.an outer staircase leads the visitors to rejoin the Park side and the Pedestrian promenade.
The Museum of Ethnography in Budapest is conceived as a confluence of the park and the city- the nature and the architecture- Bookending the promenade along Dózsa György út, the building allow public life to follow through it. The urban pavement, starting from The Museum of Fine Art and passing by the Hero Square, rises to become a pocket of terrace overlooking the park and elevating an outdoor gallery above the city. As an Agora, the museum of the people will reflect the everyday life of the city flowing through its generous terrace and staircase where people, functions and activities meet to form a dynamic and vibrant space. On a special occasions it will turn into an urban stage for an outdoor performance to extend the art into the city as well as the city into the architecture.