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Project • By WORS architects • Museums

Shelter on the ruins

‘Shelter on the ruins’ by ‘WORS architects’ is a conceptual project of museum the ‘Nossa-Senhora-da-Luz’ Fortress. It is located in Peniche, Portugal among powerful natural landscapes. Built in the XVII century, the fortress was an important strategic point along the coastal defense system of the peninsula. The ruins of the fortress, destroyed by the wind and the ocean, emerge from the landscape with steep cliffs that break into the ocean. The architectural invention urges to emphasize and celebrate this remarkable site, it provides a unique and memorable experience for each visitor. WORS architects The borderline location of the ruins of the fortress at the junction of the rich natural landscape,... More

Project • By panos nikolaidis design • Museums

Prismatic Landscapes by Panos Nikolaidis

Set within the Ionian landscape, the project proposes a museum and guest houses for visiting researchers, where Italian architectural influences are reinterpreted through angular, prismatic forms embedded in the terrain.This proposal envisions a museum complex with guest accommodation for researchers on one of the Ionian Islands, drawing from the region’s layered cultural heritage and its historical ties to Italy. Rather than replicating traditional forms, the project abstracts key references from Italian vernacular architecture—solid volumes, pitched roofs, and rhythmic massing—into a contemporary language of angular, prismatic geometries. Panos Nikolaidis Panos Nikolaidis The buildings are conceived as a const... More

Project • By Uygur Architects • Cultural Centres

CER Modern Arts Center

The history of the project goes back to 1990s, when a national competition was opened in 1992 for the design of presidential symphony orchestra concert hall on a vacant land between Ulus and Sıhhiye, the old and new quarters of Ankara. The site contained a segment of the railway, with old traction ateliers and train maintenance sheds (three identical units dating from 1920s, with a longer unit added later). Being four adjacent units in total, all were intended to be removed from the site. In 1995, after the architects of the winning project started work for the presidential symphony concert hall, decision was taken for the transformation of these old sheds into an art museum. In the meantime, the railroad was rerouted and two of the three i... More