Exhibition Design In The Palestra Grande In The Pompeii Archaeological Site | Domus India - Art

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Domus India

August 2016

After creating a pyramid in the Pompeii Amphitheatre, Francesco Venezia returns to the same archaeological site with a new intervention. Compositional skill and virtuoso craftsmanship mark the insertion of this new exhibition space in the north wing of the Palestra Grande portico: it is a true machine for exhibiting, creating a subtle interplay of memories and analogies between ancient and modern, between archaeology and museology.

About one year after the construction of the pyramid in the Amphitheatre to house the casts “salvaged from death”, an opportunity arose to complete the design with a building wedged into the north wing of the portico of the neighbouring Palestra Grande (“large gymnasium”).

Cette histoire est tirée de l'édition August 2016 de Domus India.

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