RETHINKING BUILDING FROM FIRST PRINCIPLES
Local materials and local labour, expressing local culture benefit local communities.
Foster + Partners used local limestone and local labour—with SIREWALL guidance—to create a hefty earth building to house locally discovered Roman artifacts.
“The museum is not only an important cultural institution for the
region, but it also plays a vital role in the regeneration of this part of the city.”
“The museum is not only an important cultural institution for the
region, but it also plays a vital role in the regeneration of this part of the city.”
