An exterior towards the interior, an interior looking towards the exterior – the access signal to the city. The building does not change its skin, it shows itself to the territory that withholds the memory of the ancient Romans. A pathway wraps around the antiquarium, surpassing it in order to see it from above, diverting towards the forum, it exits in an inexistent place and finally returns on earth after a dream… past present and future… material of the city.
The project highlights the original structure of the building organized in three volumes made of different materials and connected by the internal and external walkways.
The idea of the project is to develop the museum both inside and outside the building. This is made possible through the use of a glass wall overlooking the Macellum and the stairs: an “open-air” observatory on the archaeological findings.