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National Museum of Peru
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Other Projects by Vicca Verde
National Museum of Peru
As a starting point, the project proposes developing the entire functional program within a compact nine-story volume, elevated above the ground on a porticoed structure. This minimizes its footprint and impact on the territory, respecting the archaeological zone. By rising above the terrain, the museum establishes a connection with its surroundings, overlooking the topography. The existing land is utilized to create sheltered plazas and panoramic viewpoints.
The museum is oriented towards the Pachacamac Sanctuary, creating a dynamic tension between the sanctuary and the museum. This orientation also allows for alternative façades facing other key focal points of the site: the city, the sea, and the desert (archaeological zone). This approach preserves the historical site, showing respect for its significance while generating natural entrance plazas and open exhibition spaces.
The project opens longitudinally, splitting the exhibition area (public space housing the collection – levels 4, 5, and 6), creating a visual connection between the museum’s public space and the sanctuary. This design allows the museum to project towards the sanctuary while shielding itself from the industrial area of Chanchan, presenting its shorter façade in that direction. A transversal opening at the intermediate plaza level (level 2) provides balcony-like views of the sea, the Mamacona vegetation, and the museum’s open exhibition courtyard.
The upper three levels shift southwest to create shade over the restaurant and a rear terrace overlooking the open exhibition plaza. Vertical perforations throughout the structure connect and illuminate the museum’s courtyards and plazas, each varying in degrees of privacy.
The entrance plaza and the intermediate connection plaza (leading to the auditorium, library, restaurant, and exhibition halls) are public spaces. The viewing terrace, accessible from the exhibition halls, is more private. The open-air exhibition plaza serves as both an outdoor gallery and a space for contemplation and relaxation.
This design ensures a harmonious balance between functionality, environmental integration, and cultural significance.
The museum is oriented towards the Pachacamac Sanctuary, creating a dynamic tension between the sanctuary and the museum. This orientation also allows for alternative façades facing other key focal points of the site: the city, the sea, and the desert (archaeological zone). This approach preserves the historical site, showing respect for its significance while generating natural entrance plazas and open exhibition spaces.
The project opens longitudinally, splitting the exhibition area (public space housing the collection – levels 4, 5, and 6), creating a visual connection between the museum’s public space and the sanctuary. This design allows the museum to project towards the sanctuary while shielding itself from the industrial area of Chanchan, presenting its shorter façade in that direction. A transversal opening at the intermediate plaza level (level 2) provides balcony-like views of the sea, the Mamacona vegetation, and the museum’s open exhibition courtyard.
The upper three levels shift southwest to create shade over the restaurant and a rear terrace overlooking the open exhibition plaza. Vertical perforations throughout the structure connect and illuminate the museum’s courtyards and plazas, each varying in degrees of privacy.
The entrance plaza and the intermediate connection plaza (leading to the auditorium, library, restaurant, and exhibition halls) are public spaces. The viewing terrace, accessible from the exhibition halls, is more private. The open-air exhibition plaza serves as both an outdoor gallery and a space for contemplation and relaxation.
This design ensures a harmonious balance between functionality, environmental integration, and cultural significance.
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