National Museum of Afghanistan

the parts to be expose. We propose to single out the most important pieces giving them a central position and the special exhibition that requires treatment.
The internal working spaces are placed on the same floor of the exhibition space. Warehouses and storage spaces are located in the basement, in which the insulation and thermal control and lighting are stricter. These areas remain natural lighting through the courts.
The enclosing wall perimeter of the plot is an element of a dimension and important presence. This wall responds to a very severe safety requirements that can not be avoided. So on its outer face is treated as a clearly solid and impassable. On the inside, in the view from the garden, should be seen as a more visually friendly element to incorporate those qualities of which we spoke when we described the lattice. In that sense the inner surface arise as a wall of changing vegetation and allows to be visually incorporated into the garden and not perceived as a clear boundary, resounding and impassable.
The garden is a fundamental part of our project even if the intervention is of low intensity. We propose to keep the foliage trying to recapture the spirit of the legendary Mughal gardens.
We introduce a new line of direction that prioritizes access to the new building and allows good access to the old. In the gateway, which is a broad transition threshold between the exterior and interior, the visitors centre is located. The space of "courtyard" in front of the museum is actually building the first space of the museum and we believe it should be understood as an active part of it. This garden is like the “Patio de los Naranjos” of the Mosque of Cordoba, the prelude to the mosque. It is actually the mosque, but without cover. For us, this space is similar: an outdoor urban space, geometrized, rule, guidelines and articles. A place where the visitor, which comes from "outside" world prepares to enter a place that requires a different attitude.