Acropolis Museum Interiors

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To follow up on yesterday's posting by AZach of the exterior , here are some interior shots of this remarkable building.

Designed by Bernard Tschumi in 2009, after 30 or more years of competitions, delays and controversies the building intended to display the eventual return of the Elgin Marbles was finally completed.  In these photos are gently sloping floors that follow the incline of Roman ruins below and grand stairways to upper levels. Glass floors inside and outdoor areas permit visitors to see the continuation of the archeological excavation work below. The museum contains all of the ancient artifacts from the Acropolis and surrounding hills painstaking cleaned and beautifully displayed. The columns in the great hall replicate the spacing of those of the parthenon's peristyle. Glass walls and terraces give visitors panoramic views of the Acropolis and the top floor of the building is rotated above the three below to align it with the orientation of the Parthenon on the Acropolis. All of this enhances the connection between the fragments in front of you and the monuments outside.

 

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[stuny]

Lovely.  I assume the glass floor in #1 is over a dig.

[Suuumm55]

Thanks for the guidance and for the explanations

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8 hours ago, stuny said:

Lovely.  I assume the glass floor in #1 is over a dig.

Thanks. Yes it is. With crowds though (It was Greece's independence day) It was kind on hard to study the ruins in any detail, but it is remarkable nevertheless.

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7 hours ago, Suuumm55 said:

Thanks for the guidance and for the explanations

Thank you for looking.

You're welcome. I can't help myself. I taught architecture for many years and I'm compelled to resist retirement.

[Suuumm55]

vor 15 Stunden schrieb war:

Thank you for looking.

You're welcome. I can't help myself. I taught architecture for many years and I'm compelled to resist retirement.

it's nice when you can always pass something on and maybe you even learn something new -

in Germany they say: you never stop learning    -   or learning is like rowing against the current, when you stop you're pushed back