Bernard Tschumi Architects - acropolis museum . athens. Bernard Tschumi Architects museum and archaeological park . alésia. Bernard Tschumi Architects . photos © Iwan Baan . + baunetz The scheme consists of two separate but related structures.
One building is a museum located at the position of the Gauls during the siege at the top of the hill above the town. Alesia Museum / Bernard Tschumi Architects. Architects: Bernard Tschumi Architects Location: Le Pré Haut, 21150 Alise-Sainte-Reine, France Design Team: Bernard Tschumi, Véronique Descharrières, Kim Starr, Remy Cointet, Joel Rutten, Antoine Santiard, Jean-Jacques Hubert, Adam Dayem, Jane Kim, and office teams in New York and Paris Project Year: 2012 Project Area: 8,000 sqm Photographs: Christian Richters, Iwan Baan The project marks an archeological site in central France and commemorates the history of the battle between Julius Cesar and the Gauls in 52 B.C.
Although all traces of the battle have been obliterated, the new museum complex recreates battlements and earthworks and provides interpretation for the area, which consists of several sites spread over a valley that contains a small medieval town. The scheme consists of two separate but related structures. One building is a museum, located at the position of the Gauls during the siege at the top of the hill above the town. Bernard Tschumi Architects.