From urban considerations, the large scale exhibition spaces that had to be designed as black boxes, were placed underground / The above-ground part of the museum has an iconographic presence in the urban context / Like a carpet, the metal roof is atop of the above-ground volume with its exposed concrete sidewalls and evokes pictures of the past as well as a vision of the future thanks to its
rhomboid window openings / The generous staircase connects the media center under the roof with the column-free underground exhibition space / The entrance hall and cafeteria on the ground floor face a square that is slightly raised from the street level.
Commission: open competition, 1st prize
Realization: 2010–2014
Client: City of Geneva
Program: exhibition halls, library, media center, auditorium,
foyer/caféteria; renovation existing building