☉ Museum of Ethnography is a proposal by Homu for Musuem of Fine Arts Budapest designed in 2014. It is located in Budapest Hungary in a park setting. Its scale is large with a surface of 18.700 sqm. Key material is concrete. Concepts such as box terrace and green roof are explored. Review the 2 proposals for the same competition.
The strong attribute of linearity of the given site as well as of the urban axis Dózsa György’s has been emphasized by the elusive façade of the new Museum of Ethnography. On a building plot 160m long and 40m wide, the required spaces has been stacked in layers with a clear horizontal definition of programmatic slabs. 4 floors above ground and 2 basement floors. The Museum is a threshold between the city and the Park. The floating slabs create a totally permeable ground floor open to the public. Layering Collections. Quoting the act of collecting and studying the history of the folk, the architectural gesture proposes programmatic sediments and deposits of experience, contents, users. The museum experience is a journey into people history and is a physical journey that bring the visitors from the street level to the terrace to enjoy the view of the Park. The slabs structure minimize the presence of columns or walls creating transparent levels for the hospitality and the offices. The exhibition halls are column-free wide spaces flexible to host big size artefacts or different exhibition-layouts.