Rome’s MAXXI Museum announces a major renovation and expansion competition
15/02/2022.
MAXXI [ROM] Italy
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One of the most successful recent additions to the Italian cultural stage the MAXXI Museum, now is about to grow after featured its intentions to renew and grow through an international competition.
The call for submissions look for proposals for a new green corridor and multi-purpose building project named MAXXI Grande.
The call for submissions look for proposals for a new green corridor and multi-purpose building project named MAXXI Grande.
Site plan of the proposed expansion. Image courtesy MAXXI Museum
Rome’s MAXXI Museum announces a major renovation and expansion project. Image courtesy of MAXXI
Ideograms of the relations between the new project and existing spaces. Image courtesy MAXXI Museum
Aerial photograph of the urban block showing the MAXXI Museum located between Via Guido Reni (south) and Via Masaccio (north), indicating the competition site. Image courtesy MAXXI Museum
Rome’s MAXXI Museum announces a major renovation and expansion project. Image courtesy of MAXXI
Rome’s MAXXI Museum announces a major renovation and expansion project. Image courtesy of MAXXI
Rome’s MAXXI Museum announces a major renovation and expansion project. Photograph by Musacchio Ianniello
Rome’s MAXXI Museum announces a major renovation and expansion project. Photograph by Musacchio Ianniello
The Roman institution announced on Friday its plans to build a new building that will be home to a research and development center called MAXXI Hub which will combine with an outdoor exhibition area named MAXXI Green to provide improved access, storage, and conservation facilities for its drastically evolved collection.
Backed by the state’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and private funding, the new expansion will include a sustainable revamp of the existing structure to increase energy-efficient activity paying attention to 2050 European program’s circular economy.
The MAXXI has nearly doubled in size in its decade-plus of existence, giving further cause to the necessity of changes President Giovanna Melandri says were brought to light over the past few years.
Backed by the state’s National Recovery and Resilience Plan (PNRR) and private funding, the new expansion will include a sustainable revamp of the existing structure to increase energy-efficient activity paying attention to 2050 European program’s circular economy.
The MAXXI has nearly doubled in size in its decade-plus of existence, giving further cause to the necessity of changes President Giovanna Melandri says were brought to light over the past few years.
“We learned a lot in the pandemic years, bringing our content online and strengthening the educational and social function of the museum,” she said in a statement, adding that “now is the time” for a “natural and further evolution under the banner of urban regeneration, sustainability and high-tech, which will enable us to confront the ‘new world’ that must arise from the syndemic, environmental, social and health crisis and become even more a laboratory of the future.”
MAXXI Grande will see the creation of the Maxxi Hub, a new sustainable and multi-purpose building across two floors, including a research and development centre for collaborations between art, architecture and science, conservation laboratories for contemporary art, training spaces and storage facilities. This will have a green roof connected to the museum’s existing piazza and to a new “green corridor” running along one side of the complex.
The new Maxxi Green, it will be used for outdoor activities such as site-specific installations, festivals and educational workshops, as well as vegetable gardens supplying the museum’s café and restaurant. The initiative aims to equip the Maxxi with a “green lung” contributing to the regeneration of the wider Flaminio neighborhood.
Members jury for the competition include President Melandri, Mario Cucinella, Petra Blaisse, Maria Claudia Clemente, and Lorenzo Mariotti. Alternative members are Pippo Ciorra and Simone Gobbo. Proposals for the MAXXI Grand master plan are due by May 13th with a winner to be announced on June 10th.
The new Maxxi Green, it will be used for outdoor activities such as site-specific installations, festivals and educational workshops, as well as vegetable gardens supplying the museum’s café and restaurant. The initiative aims to equip the Maxxi with a “green lung” contributing to the regeneration of the wider Flaminio neighborhood.
Members jury for the competition include President Melandri, Mario Cucinella, Petra Blaisse, Maria Claudia Clemente, and Lorenzo Mariotti. Alternative members are Pippo Ciorra and Simone Gobbo. Proposals for the MAXXI Grand master plan are due by May 13th with a winner to be announced on June 10th.
