Villa Méditerranée

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Villa Méditerranée from the port
inside view

The Villa Méditerranée is an exhibition building in Marseille that stands next to the Museum of Civilizations of Europe and the Mediterranean .

The building was designed by the Italian architect Stefano Boeri and inaugurated in 2013. It aims to "convey all the keys to understanding the contemporary Mediterranean". The building was closed in 2018; It is scheduled to reopen in 2021 and then include a replica of the Henri Cosquer Cave .

architecture

The architect competition was won in 2004 by the Italian Stefano Boeri. Construction began in 2010. The building cost 73 million instead of the originally planned 20 million euros.

"I suggested building a building that would welcome the sea, that would open to it, that would be a gate, not a barrier."

- Stefano Boeri

The base of the building is 2.25 meters below sea level and consists of an agora dedicated to exhibitions, an amphitheater with 400 seats and two meeting rooms. On the ground floor there is an atrium of 350 m² in which images can be projected onto a 25 meter long wall and a café.

The villa has a 40 meter long boom that protrudes 19 meters over a pool of 2000 m³. It is the largest overhang in the world. The boom contains a 760 m² exhibition platform and a viewing point.

For safety reasons in the event of an evacuation, a maximum of 500 people can be accommodated on level 2 and 250 people in the boom.

Opening and realignment

The building was inaugurated on April 7, 2013, and the exhibitions have been open to the public since June 14, 2013. It belongs to the Regional Council of Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur.

After the originally planned move of the Mediterranean Parliament from Malta to this building was given up in 2017 , the Villa Méditerranée should now show exhibitions on current topics in the Mediterranean region.

Once leaks have been identified, repairs are expected for 2019 at an estimated cost of EUR 6.4 million. The building is slated to become a museum in 2021 dedicated to the Paleolithic site of the Henri Cosquer Cave . The transformation is expected to cost 20 million euros and attract 400,000 visitors per year.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Batiactu: La villa Méditerranée épinglée par la Cour des comptes. October 23, 2017, accessed October 6, 2019 (French).
  2. ↑ Frederic Dubessy: La Villa Méditerranée à la recherche d'un second souffle. Retrieved October 6, 2019 (French).
  3. ^ Architectouro, plan guide du syndicat des architectes des Bouches du Rhône. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
  4. ↑ Un porte-à-faux habité de 40 m de long . April 25, 2012 ( lemoniteur.fr [accessed October 6, 2019]).
  5. ↑ Marseille - Villa Méditerranée: dix vérités sur un fiasco. Retrieved October 6, 2019 .
  6. ↑ http: L'assemblée parlementaire de la Méditerranée ne s'installera pas dans la Villa Méditerranée. In: Marsactu. February 28, 2017, accessed on October 6, 2019 (fr-fr).
  7. ↑ Marseille: 6.4 millions d'euros pour retaper la Villa Méditerranée. March 14, 2019, accessed October 6, 2019 (French).
  8. ↑ Le musée de la grotte Cosquer ouvrira en 2021, deux architectes marseillais se disputent la réalisation. In: Made in Marseille. June 28, 2018, accessed on October 6, 2019 (fr-fr).

Coordinates: 43 ° 17 ′ 49.6 "  N , 5 ° 21 ′ 44.3"  E