BERNARD TSCHUMI, ACROPOLIS MUSEUM, ATHENS 2009
"The choice of location and the design competition of the new Acropolis Museum were dictated by three factors: the need to establish a visual connection with the Acropolis monuments; the need for a full display of the architectural sculptures of Parthenon and the other temples; combined with the need of conservation and incorporation into the Museum building of that part of the ancient which had been brought to light by the excavation of its construction site." D. Pandermalis, S. Elefheratou, C. Vlassopoulou, 2015
"Tschumi envisaged the building as a super imposition of three shifted geometric grids. The lower grid relates to the concrete columns that raise the structure off the ground to expose the archaeological site below; the top grid is a glass box, aligned with the Parthenon opposite containing a main exhibition hall. In between the concrete columns and the glass box is the central volume of the building." A. Stara, 2009
