The New Acropolis Museum, Athens

Architect: Bernard Tschumi
Text: Eszter Götz
Photos: Nikos Daniilidis, Christian Richters, Peter Mauss / Esto, Bernard Tschumi Architects

The large-scale project Bernard Tschumi, the Swiss star of contemporary architecture was commissioned with by the Greek ministry of culture after his winning a tender may as well be interpreted as a task surpassing architecture. Designed by him, the New Acropolis Museum at the foot of the Parthenon in Athens was inaugurated in the beginning of autumn in 2009. Although the so-called „Parthenon-marbles’ case” has not been solved yet, the Greek state had the new museum built in the hope that these monumental sculptures shall face the central temple of the ancient world from behind the glass walls wrapping round the top floor – that is the place they had occupied for two millennia.

Építész: Bernard Tschumi
Építész munkatársak: Joel Rutten, Michael Photiadis
Statika: ADK és Arup
Világítás: Arup
Kivitelezés: Aktor
Gépészet, elektromos tervezés: MMB Study Group és Arup