Program & distribution
The definition of the figure associated with the different programmatic elements allowed us to deduce a strategic distribution according to their surface and their uses. Elements emerge: the library for its panoramic views and its vertical use and the permanent exhibition for its importance in the project and its more framed views. The amphitheater respects the scale of the surrounding dwellings. The housing, placed on the roof of the temporary exhibition, puts the artist at the center of the creation. In order to distribute the different entities of the program, a loop is drawn, allowing to remove the impression of separation that can be created by the fault.
Relation to the ground
The sloping topography of the site has led to various choices in the relationship to the ground of the project. The low wall gradually sinks into the ground, revealing its unevenness. In the entrance device, it allows to see the project at the rhythm of the walk. In our way of treating the ground, we have buried certain parts of the program to lighten the project above ground.
Spatial sequences
For the arrival at the top of the 'rue du rivage', we worked on an entry device, by sequences, highlighted by the low wall. This wall puts the museum at a distance from the street and its houses. Its materiality recalls the neo-Breton architecture and thus allows a progressive adaptation from the village to the museum of a larger scale. When arriving at the end of the low wall, one is attracted by this depth of visual field reinforced by the overhang of the roof. Two horizontal planes create a perspective that naturally directs the eye towards the entrance. We are then in a semi-covered place, allowing us to gradually enter the project. The sound of footsteps on the gravel creates a resonance to 'dramatize' the entrance. The hall is a buffer space leading to different spaces such as the library, the administration, the restaurant and the store. It is a free space but contained in a structure voluntarily present and rhythmic. Then, a passageway connects the temporary exhibition to the permanent exhibition while enjoying the patio. This brings a dimension of walk and relationship between inside and outside. A buffer space allows the distribution of the first floor and the second floor of the permanent exhibition by a large staircase occupying the entire width of the space.
Light system
We have imagined a grid of patios allowing to bring the light in a zenithal way and to diffuse it laterally. This device allows to give rhythm to the space, to build it and to induce a circulation between the works by linking them to natural spaces. In the temporary exhibition, the patios cross the three floors bringing light to the basement. The temporary exhibition has only a central sculptural patio. A glass corridor brings light to the works of art and creates a time of pause outside the time of contemplation of the works. On the first floor, there are two patios outside and the framing is tighter, making the landscape a painting.
