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Museum of Polish History by Design Initiatives
The proposed hybrid structure of MPH is a footbridge, park and building,
all three integrated and coherent with the surrounding park environment. Our
proposal for the MPH facility is a synergy (symbiosis) of nature and history
and was inspired by the peculiar Polish
topography of gently rolling fields and plains. Our inclination is towards
creating a Museum of History dug underground where the local historical values
are naturally preserved.The
morphology of MPH was influenced by the idea of history as a process of
constant transformation. Presented is only current portion of that continuous
process.
We emphasize the park's great significance for the natural and cultural
environment of Warsaw by preserving as much of the existing greenery as
possible, enriching it with a green roofscape and blocking the intrusion of cars
into the park; access to the new building will be from the
existing main road Trasa Lazienkowska instead of from the small park streets of
ul. Jazdow and ul. Agrykola.
Our design restores the integrity of Skarpa
Warszawska and improves its slope stability by covering the Trasa Lazienkowska
and connecting its two embankments from the foot of the scarp to Plac na
Rozdrozu with park terrace and the hybrid structure of the MPH. This hybrid
structure is designed to exist independently and still connect the two
embankments in case the second stage of extending the park over Trasa
Lazienkowska and its complete covering fails or is delayed. The highway
underneath the covering shall be mechanically ventilated. In order to cover the
Trasa from the foot of the scarp to Plac na Rozdrozu we
modify the current layout of the Pl. Na Rozdrozu junction by a nearly 90-degree
rotation of the right-turn out-lane of Trasa Lazienkowska into Al. Ujazdowskie
towards the city centre and Pl. Trzech Krzyzy. Our layout of
pedestrian passages and biking routes takes into careful account the historic
layout of passages and provides connections between the Museum and neighboring
facilities. We reestablish ul. Jazdow and ul. Lenona as pedestrian passages and
emphasize the importance of Os Stanislawowska. A new passage starts from the
intersection of the Os Stanislawowska with Al. Ujazdowskie, passing by the MHP
facility and connecting with the existing passages and biking routes from the
northeast part of the park.
Instead of annihilating a new green field from the
park the minimized footprint of our proposal is positioned over the existing trench and on
both sides of the Trasa Lazienkowska highway, which is characterized by low
slope stability that needs to be shored up anyways. We put in use the large
cubic capacity opened from the necessary removal of the landslide and locate
the volumes of new building in there. Special treatment of the slope and diaphragm
walls as indirect foundations of the facility shall be taken into account so
the proposed structure shall perform both supporting and securing functions for
the slope. A double-height lighter exhibition zone is positioned on top of the
trench while the four-level zone is embedded in
the hillside of Trasa Lazienkowska trench. The covering is devised to
significantly reduce the levels of noise and air pollution in the area. The
building above shall be designed with sound-insulated extra thick floor slab in
combination with sound-insulated exterior walls which will limit the
penetration of noise from Trasa into the facility. It seems possible to use
pre-stressed hollow-core slabs, 40 cm in height with additional insulation of
concrete screed. The position of the building over the trench of Trasa eases
its access to existing municipal networks, utilities, and infrastructure.
MPH access is possible from two points of entry –
one for park pedestrians and bikers directly from the representative castle
plaza and another one – for “motorized” visitors, the majority of visitors who
will arrive with coach buses and public transportation from Trasa Lazienkowska.
Both access entries merge into one service center/hub/ lobby/check point on the
main floor, for such common uses as cloak room, reception desk, children’s
zone, bookstore and other supporting services.
Design of an access to the MPH facility with all
accompanied new incoming traffic of supply and service trucks, coach buses,
visitors and employee cars from small, internal park streets (D class) like ul.
Jazdow and ul. Agrykola will interrupt the quiet park environment. Taking into
consideration the substantial role of the existing main road -- Trasa
Lazienkowska -- in the transport system of Warsaw, we propose an access to the
Museum of Polish History from it. We maintain the current number of lanes and design
two additional lanes that will predominantly serve the Museum facility, with a
side clearance width of 4.70 m. One of the two entry points, the one for
“motorized” visitors, is located on the slab of Trasa, “hidden” in the highway
trench. -6.0 story includes drop off area/bus stop, secondary lobby, archives,
storerooms, loading dock for supply trucks and garage for supply vehicles, and
has a 5m clear height. In order to accommodate the new columns on piles located
between the traffic lanes of Trasa, we moved up and widened only one of the
lanes slightly, by 1.2m.
Because of the inconvenience of remote parking,
visitor and employee parking is ramped down beneath the secondary lobby /drop
off story. The development of underground parking is optional but strongly
recommended. Car parks under the flyover of the Trasa
Lazienkowska shall be only secondary, subordinate parking for busy days like
weekends and holidays and general service of the park. The parking
lot for bus coaches is also located under the flyover of
the Trasa, still in the vicinity of the Museum.
The main story is located 6 meters above the Trasa
trench on the level of Zamek Ujazdowski entry. It contains the main entrance,
forum, multimedia info zone, cloak room, double-height exhibition galleries,
children’s zone, audience halls, and media library. The entire floor podium of
the exhibition galleries is ramped with a gentle slope of 1.5% to follow the
natural slope of Trasa Lazienkowska and view history as ups and downs. The
interconnected galleries of interwoven epochs deliver visitors into a complex
non-linear loop/labyrinth in reverse chronological order. The maze scheme
facilitates the separation of exhibition galleries for maintenance and updates.
The intermediate level of Restaurant/Café is two meters below the main lobby
level at the bottom of the ramp; through structural glazing, it offers
spectacular views down from Wisla area.
Because of the proximity to Zamek Ujazdowski and
other cultural institutions in the park, we bring together such amenities as
the children's zone, lecture halls and media library into a common hub on the
castle/park level which can be shared and utilized not only by MPH but also by
the Museum of Contemporary art in Zamek Ujazdowski and other neighboring facilities
which may have outdated or insufficient infrastructure. After museum hours,
when the exhibition galleries are closed, our design allows for the common
amenities to operate independently and serve an outside crowd. It is also
possible for the children’s zone to serve not only visitors but also employees.
The functions of bookshop and supplementary complement each other, so we
decided to combine them into a mixed use space on the main floor close to the
reception desk.
Administration, management, research offices and
laboratories of varying heights occupy the level above the main galleries and
below the green roof.
Towards the northern embassies area of the park the
MPH structure is a continuation of the park landscape, while towards the castle
it has the transparent look of main entry with the oblique and “unstable”
planes of structural glass curtain wall that assures views from its
surroundings and the Zamek in particular. The shared representative plaza in
front of both facilities better connects the new Museum with the castle. The
new museum is lower than the castle, rising from earth like an artificial hill
to avoid overshadowing, disturbing or blocking the castle and other historic
monuments in the area. MPH orientation allows visitors to approach the Museum
on the side of the central Os Stanislawowska.
The multiple duty Green Roof is in the same time a panorama deck, and
compelling classroom for extended education and debate, and an additional
outdoor exhibition gallery which life exposition is the present-day city of
Warsaw. The lawn of the green roof aims to be an attractive spot for leisure
and relaxation where one can literally get in touch with the Polish past.
Museum guests, as well as all citizens and visitors to Warsaw can gather and
hang out on top of the museum and enjoy the scenery and the greenery. People
can individualize the experience and observe the exhibition galleries
downstairs from the roof deck through green roof skylights/hatches, the way a
scientist examines through a microscope, thus igniting their interest to go
inside and look at collection more closely. With our design, visitors have a
chance to look at, learn from and perceive historical facts from different
points of view. The proposed MPH building does not block the air-flow
regulating system in Warsaw and will allow for fauna migrations from forest
complexes. Its green roof will limit rain water flow into sewer system.
all three integrated and coherent with the surrounding park environment. Our
proposal for the MPH facility is a synergy (symbiosis) of nature and history
and was inspired by the peculiar Polish
topography of gently rolling fields and plains. Our inclination is towards
creating a Museum of History dug underground where the local historical values
are naturally preserved.The
morphology of MPH was influenced by the idea of history as a process of
constant transformation. Presented is only current portion of that continuous
process.
We emphasize the park's great significance for the natural and cultural
environment of Warsaw by preserving as much of the existing greenery as
possible, enriching it with a green roofscape and blocking the intrusion of cars
into the park; access to the new building will be from the
existing main road Trasa Lazienkowska instead of from the small park streets of
ul. Jazdow and ul. Agrykola.
Our design restores the integrity of Skarpa
Warszawska and improves its slope stability by covering the Trasa Lazienkowska
and connecting its two embankments from the foot of the scarp to Plac na
Rozdrozu with park terrace and the hybrid structure of the MPH. This hybrid
structure is designed to exist independently and still connect the two
embankments in case the second stage of extending the park over Trasa
Lazienkowska and its complete covering fails or is delayed. The highway
underneath the covering shall be mechanically ventilated. In order to cover the
Trasa from the foot of the scarp to Plac na Rozdrozu we
modify the current layout of the Pl. Na Rozdrozu junction by a nearly 90-degree
rotation of the right-turn out-lane of Trasa Lazienkowska into Al. Ujazdowskie
towards the city centre and Pl. Trzech Krzyzy. Our layout of
pedestrian passages and biking routes takes into careful account the historic
layout of passages and provides connections between the Museum and neighboring
facilities. We reestablish ul. Jazdow and ul. Lenona as pedestrian passages and
emphasize the importance of Os Stanislawowska. A new passage starts from the
intersection of the Os Stanislawowska with Al. Ujazdowskie, passing by the MHP
facility and connecting with the existing passages and biking routes from the
northeast part of the park.
Instead of annihilating a new green field from the
park the minimized footprint of our proposal is positioned over the existing trench and on
both sides of the Trasa Lazienkowska highway, which is characterized by low
slope stability that needs to be shored up anyways. We put in use the large
cubic capacity opened from the necessary removal of the landslide and locate
the volumes of new building in there. Special treatment of the slope and diaphragm
walls as indirect foundations of the facility shall be taken into account so
the proposed structure shall perform both supporting and securing functions for
the slope. A double-height lighter exhibition zone is positioned on top of the
trench while the four-level zone is embedded in
the hillside of Trasa Lazienkowska trench. The covering is devised to
significantly reduce the levels of noise and air pollution in the area. The
building above shall be designed with sound-insulated extra thick floor slab in
combination with sound-insulated exterior walls which will limit the
penetration of noise from Trasa into the facility. It seems possible to use
pre-stressed hollow-core slabs, 40 cm in height with additional insulation of
concrete screed. The position of the building over the trench of Trasa eases
its access to existing municipal networks, utilities, and infrastructure.
MPH access is possible from two points of entry –
one for park pedestrians and bikers directly from the representative castle
plaza and another one – for “motorized” visitors, the majority of visitors who
will arrive with coach buses and public transportation from Trasa Lazienkowska.
Both access entries merge into one service center/hub/ lobby/check point on the
main floor, for such common uses as cloak room, reception desk, children’s
zone, bookstore and other supporting services.
Design of an access to the MPH facility with all
accompanied new incoming traffic of supply and service trucks, coach buses,
visitors and employee cars from small, internal park streets (D class) like ul.
Jazdow and ul. Agrykola will interrupt the quiet park environment. Taking into
consideration the substantial role of the existing main road -- Trasa
Lazienkowska -- in the transport system of Warsaw, we propose an access to the
Museum of Polish History from it. We maintain the current number of lanes and design
two additional lanes that will predominantly serve the Museum facility, with a
side clearance width of 4.70 m. One of the two entry points, the one for
“motorized” visitors, is located on the slab of Trasa, “hidden” in the highway
trench. -6.0 story includes drop off area/bus stop, secondary lobby, archives,
storerooms, loading dock for supply trucks and garage for supply vehicles, and
has a 5m clear height. In order to accommodate the new columns on piles located
between the traffic lanes of Trasa, we moved up and widened only one of the
lanes slightly, by 1.2m.
Because of the inconvenience of remote parking,
visitor and employee parking is ramped down beneath the secondary lobby /drop
off story. The development of underground parking is optional but strongly
recommended. Car parks under the flyover of the Trasa
Lazienkowska shall be only secondary, subordinate parking for busy days like
weekends and holidays and general service of the park. The parking
lot for bus coaches is also located under the flyover of
the Trasa, still in the vicinity of the Museum.
The main story is located 6 meters above the Trasa
trench on the level of Zamek Ujazdowski entry. It contains the main entrance,
forum, multimedia info zone, cloak room, double-height exhibition galleries,
children’s zone, audience halls, and media library. The entire floor podium of
the exhibition galleries is ramped with a gentle slope of 1.5% to follow the
natural slope of Trasa Lazienkowska and view history as ups and downs. The
interconnected galleries of interwoven epochs deliver visitors into a complex
non-linear loop/labyrinth in reverse chronological order. The maze scheme
facilitates the separation of exhibition galleries for maintenance and updates.
The intermediate level of Restaurant/Café is two meters below the main lobby
level at the bottom of the ramp; through structural glazing, it offers
spectacular views down from Wisla area.
Because of the proximity to Zamek Ujazdowski and
other cultural institutions in the park, we bring together such amenities as
the children's zone, lecture halls and media library into a common hub on the
castle/park level which can be shared and utilized not only by MPH but also by
the Museum of Contemporary art in Zamek Ujazdowski and other neighboring facilities
which may have outdated or insufficient infrastructure. After museum hours,
when the exhibition galleries are closed, our design allows for the common
amenities to operate independently and serve an outside crowd. It is also
possible for the children’s zone to serve not only visitors but also employees.
The functions of bookshop and supplementary complement each other, so we
decided to combine them into a mixed use space on the main floor close to the
reception desk.
Administration, management, research offices and
laboratories of varying heights occupy the level above the main galleries and
below the green roof.
Towards the northern embassies area of the park the
MPH structure is a continuation of the park landscape, while towards the castle
it has the transparent look of main entry with the oblique and “unstable”
planes of structural glass curtain wall that assures views from its
surroundings and the Zamek in particular. The shared representative plaza in
front of both facilities better connects the new Museum with the castle. The
new museum is lower than the castle, rising from earth like an artificial hill
to avoid overshadowing, disturbing or blocking the castle and other historic
monuments in the area. MPH orientation allows visitors to approach the Museum
on the side of the central Os Stanislawowska.
The multiple duty Green Roof is in the same time a panorama deck, and
compelling classroom for extended education and debate, and an additional
outdoor exhibition gallery which life exposition is the present-day city of
Warsaw. The lawn of the green roof aims to be an attractive spot for leisure
and relaxation where one can literally get in touch with the Polish past.
Museum guests, as well as all citizens and visitors to Warsaw can gather and
hang out on top of the museum and enjoy the scenery and the greenery. People
can individualize the experience and observe the exhibition galleries
downstairs from the roof deck through green roof skylights/hatches, the way a
scientist examines through a microscope, thus igniting their interest to go
inside and look at collection more closely. With our design, visitors have a
chance to look at, learn from and perceive historical facts from different
points of view. The proposed MPH building does not block the air-flow
regulating system in Warsaw and will allow for fauna migrations from forest
complexes. Its green roof will limit rain water flow into sewer system.
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