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Galerie Campana et Charles X, Musée du Louvre
Paris, France

program re-design of the historical Louvre Galleries to house the greek and roman vases and small greek sculpture collections

client etablissement public du Grand Louvre

status competition on invitation completed 1993

The art work as “individual” is the conceptual principle of the project , translated in the spatial principle of “isolation”.
Isolation between art works, isolation of the art works from the historical furniture and rooms decoration.
The purpose is to offer to a public of no-specialized visitors a better art works appreciation together with a structured and integrated information without bothering the exhibits.
For the new project we chose an abstract language avoiding any mimetic stylistic relation with the historical setting.