There is modernism there? The tradition in Saudi Arabia is back. The Asaan Misk Heritage Museum will be built on mud based – in a project that is also part of the “boom” of Saudi extravagance.
Os Saudi projects recent ones have been defined by a combination of Extravagance and Modernity.
However, the future Asaan Misk Heritage Museum adopts a very different approach. Instead of such “extravagance and modernity”, the new project privileges Traditional construction with clay bricks.
This “humility” and tradition is more intelligence for the Saudi scenario, since will help keep the space fresh in the desert.
Asaan Misk, described as a “past inheritance from generation to generation”, will be in Diriyahnear the Saudi capital, Riyadh.
As the project details, its design is inspired by the traditional architecture of clay bricks of the area, some of which have dated hundreds of years and are well adapted to the climate of the desert.
Museum made of mud
The bricks will be made of a Mix of clay, straw and water – In what describes it as lama – which was cooked in the sun to harden. The museum, designed by, will have 40,000 square meters and will be organized around three courtyards.
The museum will have educational, artistic and administrative wings, and will welcome collections of cultural artifacts through immersive exhibitions and exhibitions. A conservation laboratory is also foreseen that will be used to restore and preserve artifacts and works of art of heritage.
As New Atlas details, the Asaan Misk Heritage Museum is being created in collaboration with the Misk Foundation, a non -profit saudi company. It is part of the amazingly ambitious plan Saudi 2030which aims to transform the kingdom of the desert until the end of the decade with projects such as and the.
