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Brazilian Maritime Museum
The sea is relentless, creator and destroyer, possessing incredible power. It is ancestral and infinite, it has existed since the beginning of time and will continue far beyond our existence. It has very powerful contrasts: it is old and new, calm and rebellious, shallow and deep. More than all that, it is mystery, enchantment and fascination. And it is in this universe of possibilities that the visitor is invited to dive into the new Brazilian Maritime Museum.
The Museum is configured as a complex that includes a square park area and two new built volumes. In the main building, visitors walk through the exhibition in a circuit that tells a story that starts at the beginning of life on the planet and ends looking to the future on the horizon. The journey takes place in eight acts, which unfold within volumes contained in a wooden exoskeleton. Each of these spaces has different characteristics and tells a story about our relationship with the sea.
Circulation is fluid, in a contrast of inside and outside: the visitor travels through the museum through decks and ramps, entering and exiting these “boxes”. This way, the connection with the sea and the city is never lost and the immersion becomes much more interesting - it's almost like sticking your head out of the water to breathe before the next dive. The view of the outside is filtered through “sails”, which, like the waves of the sea, are sometimes turbulent and sometimes calm. Revealing and hiding what is seen in the landscape.
The Museum complex is complemented by a smaller, support building, with materiality very similar to the main one, where the restaurant and auditorium are located, creating seating areas throughout the pier and park. The vessels are arranged along the pier, as aesthetic elements belonging to the architectural complex.
Day and night contrast greatly in the Museum: during the day it has an ethereal feeling, with the light tones of the wood and fabrics. At night, it becomes more dramatic: the different tones of the woodwork of the volumes stand out and the pulse of a large sphere of light becomes a heart beating inside, making it a lantern building for the city.
SHAPE AND MATERIALS
The museum complex is developed in two volumes - a main one, based on the old pier, and a smaller, supporting one, next to the square park, both very similar in materiality. The main volume, of the pier, is 15m high and is composed of an exoskeleton in MLC (glued laminated timber), with pillar modules measuring 12.15x15.5m, maintaining the old structure of the pier. A continuous concrete beam makes the transition and distribution of loads between the new structure and the piles of the existing structure.
Within this complex of pillars and beams, distinct volumes - also in wood, contain the museum's exhibition and support area. Each of these “boxes” has a different aspect, providing variability in tones and textures. This construction system was designed to make the museum's uses more flexible over future years: with sustainable planning, these volumes can be expanded or completely rearranged as needed, as they are contained within this independent structure of beams and pillars.
Externally to this set, a “veil” constructed of a textile membrane in tensioned translucent fabric (low-wich) creates a movement design on the facade: sometimes opening the view of the surroundings and sometimes allowing it to be filtered.
This material prevents moisture and fungus formation between the layers of the fabric. Consequently, it also prevents internal stains, being recommended for clear or translucent membranes. The support structure of this system is made of steel. The pier floor is kept original, respecting and valuing the pre-existence. Along these spaces, on the lowest level, there are spaces with seating and rest areas.
The sphere of light, the highlight of the composition, has a bamboo structure. A double layer provides two types of effect: externally, a tensioned translucent canvas is backlit to receive the effect of pulsating light. Internally, a matte canvas structure receives the video art projections.
The support volume of the park has two floors, 8m high and is composed of a MLC wood structure (glued laminated timber) and has as its external closure the same textile membrane as the main building, which is positioned here in a simpler way - in vertical planes on the facades.
The Museum is configured as a complex that includes a square park area and two new built volumes. In the main building, visitors walk through the exhibition in a circuit that tells a story that starts at the beginning of life on the planet and ends looking to the future on the horizon. The journey takes place in eight acts, which unfold within volumes contained in a wooden exoskeleton. Each of these spaces has different characteristics and tells a story about our relationship with the sea.
Circulation is fluid, in a contrast of inside and outside: the visitor travels through the museum through decks and ramps, entering and exiting these “boxes”. This way, the connection with the sea and the city is never lost and the immersion becomes much more interesting - it's almost like sticking your head out of the water to breathe before the next dive. The view of the outside is filtered through “sails”, which, like the waves of the sea, are sometimes turbulent and sometimes calm. Revealing and hiding what is seen in the landscape.
The Museum complex is complemented by a smaller, support building, with materiality very similar to the main one, where the restaurant and auditorium are located, creating seating areas throughout the pier and park. The vessels are arranged along the pier, as aesthetic elements belonging to the architectural complex.
Day and night contrast greatly in the Museum: during the day it has an ethereal feeling, with the light tones of the wood and fabrics. At night, it becomes more dramatic: the different tones of the woodwork of the volumes stand out and the pulse of a large sphere of light becomes a heart beating inside, making it a lantern building for the city.
SHAPE AND MATERIALS
The museum complex is developed in two volumes - a main one, based on the old pier, and a smaller, supporting one, next to the square park, both very similar in materiality. The main volume, of the pier, is 15m high and is composed of an exoskeleton in MLC (glued laminated timber), with pillar modules measuring 12.15x15.5m, maintaining the old structure of the pier. A continuous concrete beam makes the transition and distribution of loads between the new structure and the piles of the existing structure.
Within this complex of pillars and beams, distinct volumes - also in wood, contain the museum's exhibition and support area. Each of these “boxes” has a different aspect, providing variability in tones and textures. This construction system was designed to make the museum's uses more flexible over future years: with sustainable planning, these volumes can be expanded or completely rearranged as needed, as they are contained within this independent structure of beams and pillars.
Externally to this set, a “veil” constructed of a textile membrane in tensioned translucent fabric (low-wich) creates a movement design on the facade: sometimes opening the view of the surroundings and sometimes allowing it to be filtered.
This material prevents moisture and fungus formation between the layers of the fabric. Consequently, it also prevents internal stains, being recommended for clear or translucent membranes. The support structure of this system is made of steel. The pier floor is kept original, respecting and valuing the pre-existence. Along these spaces, on the lowest level, there are spaces with seating and rest areas.
The sphere of light, the highlight of the composition, has a bamboo structure. A double layer provides two types of effect: externally, a tensioned translucent canvas is backlit to receive the effect of pulsating light. Internally, a matte canvas structure receives the video art projections.
The support volume of the park has two floors, 8m high and is composed of a MLC wood structure (glued laminated timber) and has as its external closure the same textile membrane as the main building, which is positioned here in a simpler way - in vertical planes on the facades.
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