Vannes, France
Nieto Sobejano together with local Vannes-based Richard Faure Architectes have won the competition for the new Museum of Fine Arts in the city of Vannes, France.
The design proposes an extension of the Chateau de L’Hermine, which is characterized by its boundary condition, having been built in the 19th-Century directly on the ruins of the walls erected in the 14th-Century.
The new extension generates a public space inside the city walls between the medieval perimeter and the houses of the historic center by means of a longitudinal volume that adapts the slopes of its roofs to the irregular geometry of the surrounding context.
The old castle will be restored and rehabilitated respecting its original architecture, while the extension materializes in a metallic skin that unifies the whole and dialogues with the historic buildings while transforming the image of the museum in the city.
The new Chateau de L’Hermine Museum, with a total area of 2,700 m², will be integrated into the historical context of Vannes, through an intervention aware of the need to create public spaces for the use of citizens, provoking a dialogue between contemporary architecture and the memory of the place.
The Museum is scheduled for completion in 2024.
Project: Museum of Fine Arts in Vannes
Architects: Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
Associate Architects: Richard Faure Architectes
Client: Museum of Fine Arts
Renderings: Nieto Sobejano Arquitectos
