Florence is known worldwide for its impressive architecture. Numerous works by many architects can be found here, which then as now have their justification and serve as a model. In addition to the central squares, there are a number of smaller squares that deserve attention.

The Piazza di Cestello is located directly on the banks of the Arno and is framed by the Chiesa di San Frediano and the adjacent residential buildings. It is noticeable that the church is not in the center of the piazza and loses significance and impression due to its asymmetrical position. With my design of the architecture museum, the church is now framed from both sides so that it takes up a central position. This creates a central square through which one can reach the church axially. On the side, it is enlivened by the museum café.

The museum takes up the architectural aspiration that the building itself is the exhibition. An architectural museum has the task of exhibiting space and making it tangibly experienceable, not just exhibiting in space. Visitors experience a tour through a predetermined sequence of rooms consisting of night room, twilight room and day room. Here they move through the three-dimensional space via ramps and stairs and experience a constant change of viewing directions and vistas. The center of the building is a courtyard around which the other rooms are arranged and which forms the end point of the spatial experience.

Teaching and Research Area Spatial Design | WS21/22