Scheme

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The project is founded on the concept of a fragmentation of the program into autonomous, self-similar and self-referenced building volumes organized along the street Rua da Vitória, using empty or rather unused plots and buildings.

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The individual volumes – being a sequence of the museum – are assigned to the relevant historical epochs of Porto, while the chronological order of the displayed exhibits and subjects is following the actual morphological developement of the historical center. These ‘epoch-volumes’ are interconnected through an underground passage which adapts its shape to the streets drawing. Being not just a connecting corridor but a spatial continuum for temporary exhibtions, the zones in between the volumes are planned to enable curations in digital form.

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Regardless of the linear and chronological guidance, each ‘epoch-volume’ is in alternative accessible autonomously, now the Rua da Vitória taking over the function of the interconnecting passage. The actual city Porto and its morphology are conceived as integral parts of the museum and vice versa.

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