Proposal for a new museum dedicated to composer M. Tokas in Ypsonas, Cyprus
Programme: Museum
Location: Ypsonas, Cyprus
Date: 2024
Client: Tokas Foundation
Surface: 850 m2
Status: Competition entry
Design Team: Marianthi Papangelo-poulou, Antonis Papangelopoulos, Marilia Panaretou
The proposed building is intended to serve a dual purpose. To highlight the personality, work and legacy of the composer, while serving as a reference point for the local community capable of hosting local events, gatherings and activities. The proposal uses an L-type layout. With this option, the building surrounds the square, creating a relationship of coexistence between the two.The building draws on the spirituality of the composer as well as the intention to parallel life with a route. The resulting linear museological path is placed in a counterpoint relationship with the cylindrical volume that hosts the beginning and end of the exhibition. Key elements of the composition are the following:
Drum: the entrance to the Museum. Its volume indicates the presence of the building as a landmark, or a bell tower. It introduces the visitor who, at this point, leaves behind the image of the city and enters a different spatial condition.
Sanctuary: The reception area which functions as an introduction to a space of high importance. Leaving behind the spaces of the temporary exhibition and the library on either side, the visitor walks towards the Sanctuary: the introduction to the permanent exhibition. The Sanctuary is expressed as a cylinder.
Gallery: The bulk of the museological path is expressed by two enclosed galleries, which occupy both sides of a central wall. The latter, organizes the movement between successive spaces. This linear structure complements the cylindrical structure that defines the beginning and end of the exhibition.
