Grand Musée de l'Afrique by UNStudio

Located in Algiers, Algeria. Grand Musée de l'Afrique is a combination of history, geography, ecology and culture in an amazing futuristic architecture.

Location: Algiers, Algeria
Architects: UNStudion
Status: Competition design

From the architects: The Grand Musée de l’Afrique of Alger is designed to bring Algeria and Africa a manifestation of its cultural and natural richness. Its architecture is a medium to generate a ‘trait d’union’ between African cultures, while blending into Algeria’s city fabric. A language of aggregation is deployed in the design as an organisational system resulting in a museum that highlights the diversity and multiplicity of the African continent. The varied nature of the collection led to a concept for a museum that reflects the idea of variety and diversification, where the programme aggregates in a range of flexible scenarios by alternating exhibition and performance spaces. The logic of programme distribution within the museum sets itself apart from the more classical notion of museum programme distribution. By intertwining the narrative and the routing, diversifying the visitor experience into a mixed space with a loose start and a loose end, the Grand Musée de l’Afrique presents a different museum experience.

The garden unveils several types of African ecologies, where a route of 2km crosses several landscape ecologies and the various gardens will allow for art work to be placed outside in a landscape scenario. The intensification of urban activities promotes the site as an urban destination, a social and cultural meeting point.

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