Exemplar - Underground Museum of History of Lugo

The following exemplar shows a good way in order to reduce the usual bulky or heavy designed Museum types. This is a central point for me as I want my design to appear as both light and open but still maintain those large interior spaces within the building. This exemplar shows how to do such a thing by building underground. 


Interactive Museum of the History of Lugo by Nieto Sobejano Architects:                                

From the top it appears as if the museum is quite small and minimalist

In this image you can see that the spaces are open and light even though the main material of weathered steel appears quite heavy. Visitors enter the space down the spiralling staircase that leads to the outdoor open courtyard- something that I would like to incorporate into my design

This image shows how the spaces are still well developed and large

From the exemplar I have drawn on the ideas of including large open courtyards as my outdoor spaces (possibly also for the outdoor play space), the use of weathered steel as a good option for one of the main materials and also that the idea of going underground could possibly benefit my building greatly.