Archaelogical Museum Siracusa

The project engages with Franco Minissi’s legacy through a process of deduction and subtraction, preserving the original material framework of concrete and porphyry while dismantling the rigidity of current visitor flows. The strategy is centered on a continuous horizontal device: a natural oak ribbon that follows the hexagonal geometry of the museum’s circulation.
Standing at a constant height of 1.50 meters, this element functions as a multipurpose spatial infrastructure: it reconciles floor level changes, integrates seating and display cases, and serves as a permeable parapet. This design choice eliminates pre-existing vertical barriers, liberating the sightlines and restoring a unified perception of the entire museum organism.
The scheme operates on a dialectic between neutral connectors and chromatic sectors, where color becomes a tool for orientation and characterizes the display areas. The central void is reconfigured as a flexible scenic device, capable of adapting to temporary uses via a mobile podium. Finally, the technical systems disappear within the triangular patterns of the concrete ceilings, where micro-perforated metal membranes seamlessly resolve the integration of lighting and architecture.