Addition to “Museo delle cappelle Medicee”, Florence (I)

International competition entry

©Andrea Contursi and Edoardo Ercolani, 2018

The key concepts that inspired the project are the following:

• Functional flexibility
• Modularity as underlying shaping frame
• Organisation of the visitors routes as “narrative paths”, or in other words as tools for assembling exhibited objects and spaces along a coherent “montage of attractions”
• Dialogue with the context not through the imitation of its material aspects but by trying to grasp the deep spirit and the intimate “ratio” of Florentine Renaissance architecture
• Creation of pause spaces where people can stop to contemplate or even meet with each other during and after the visit 

Diagram of routes for normal and disabled visitors

Modular concept

Plan of underground level

Internal view with bookshop and ancient wall

Plan of street level (museum exit)

External view from via Canto dei Nelli