ここから、訪問者は第2ホールに入ります。このホールは、王や神々の像が安置されている寺院の内部空間を参考に設計されています。このホールでは、アメンヘテプ2世が他の王の像にワインを捧げている様子が描かれており、王や神々の像が年代順に並べられています。ホールの中央には、ラムセス2世の有名な像が置かれています。展示は、プタハ神の肖像と、アメン神の像で締めくくられます。アメン神は、彼の動物としての化身である雄羊として表現されています。

アンドレア・タボッキーニ・アーキテクチャーの創業者で建築家のアンドレア・タボッキーニは述べています。「当初から、私たちはこのプロジェクトを単にユニークな展示スペースを再設計する機会ではないと見ていました。文化は過去を尊重しつつも、生き続け、進化し、現在において意義を持ち、未来にインスピレーションを与えるものでなければなりません」

2024年には、エジプト博物館は開館200周年を記念して、博物館の建築、一般市民の関与、考古学調査の変革を目的とした一連の取り組みを実施します。2023年1月、OMA率いるチームがエジプト考古学博物館の改修コンペを勝ち取り、ピッツァ・エジツィアと呼ばれる新しい屋根付きの中庭と、相互に連結した一連の公共都市空間を備えた博物館が誕生することになりました。王たちのギャラリーは、この再設計の不可欠な一部です。ギャラリーの覆いのない窓からは、ピッツァ・エジツィアやプリンチペ・アメデーオ通りを行き交う人々に古代の彫像が垣間見えます。ギャラリーのエントランスエリアは、古代のハスの柱を囲むアーチ型の門を通ってアーケードの都市型ルームに直結しており、来館者を中へと誘います。エジプト博物館の全面改修は2025年に完了する予定です。

王たちのギャラリーの設計は、OMAのデイヴィッド・ジャーノッテンとアンドレアス・カラヴァナスが、イタリアの事務所アンドレア・タボッキーニ・アーキテクチャーとコラボレーションして担当しています。

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The Gallery of the Kings in Turin’s Museo Egizio, designed by OMA / David Gianotten in collaboration with Andrea Tabocchini Architecture, Completes

The remodeled Gallery of the Kings at Turin’s Museo Egizio, designed by David Gianotten and Andreas Karavanas of OMA in collaboration with Andrea Tabocchini Architecture, was inaugurated by the President of Italy Sergio Mattarella during the museum’s bicentenary celebration. In contrast to the original black box gallery – designed in 2006 by scenographer Dante Ferretti – the new space provides context for the ancient Egyptian statues and aims to inform audiences about their original place of creation in Thebes, or modern-day Luxor.

OMA Managing Partner – Architect David Gianotten: “The opportunity to design the Gallery of the Kings compelled us to explore how the contemporary museum experience and the historical context of artifacts can coexist through architecture. It has been an honor to work with the museum’s highly professional and dedicated team on this project. We look forward to seeing how local and international visitors engage with this invaluable collection in new ways.”

The design of the Gallery of the Kings was significantly informed by the curatorial and research efforts of Museo Egizio. The new gallery experience is defined by a transition from darkness to light – a concept that historically symbolized the process of creation in ancient Egypt, often associated with kings and gods.

Visitors enter through a dark entryway with digital projections depicting the history of the Karnak, where the statues originated. Two luminous openings then lead the visitors into the two main exhibition halls, which are illuminated by both daylight and museum lighting.

In the redesigned space, the original architecture of the monumental statuary – dating back to the 17th century – has been fully uncovered, revealing the vaults and high windows characterizing the space. The statues can be bathed in daylight, as they were in their original context at Karnak. Subtly reflective aluminum walls display historical information about the statues, while lending an ethereal quality to the gallery space.

The new arrangement of the monumental statues takes visitors on a journey through an ancient Egyptian temple. The first exhibition hall features two sphinxes facing each other at the center, flanked by standing and seated statues of the Egyptian goddess Sekhmet. This arrangement evokes the outer spaces of the temple, including the processional avenues and sunlit courtyards. The statue of Seti II, originally placed in front of the king’s chapel at the Temple of Karnak, stands at the hall’s end, marking the pinnacle of the experience.

From here, visitors enter the second hall, designed to reference the temple’s inner spaces endowed with statues of kings and gods. In this hall, Amenhotep II is depicted offering wine to other statues of kings, and a group of statues of kings and gods is arranged chronologically. At the center of the hall is the renowned statue of King Ramesses II. The display concludes with effigies of the god Ptah and a statue of the god Amun, represented as his animal avatar, a ram.

Andrea Tabocchini, Architect and Founder of Andrea Tabocchini Architecture: “From the outset, we all saw this project not just as an opportunity to redesign a unique exhibition space. Culture must honor the past while remaining alive, evolving, being relevant in the present and inspiring the future.”

In 2024, the Museo Egizio celebrates its 200th anniversary with a series of initiatives aimed at transforming the museum’s architecture, public engagement, and archaeological work. In January 2023, the team led by OMA won the competition to renovate Museo Egizio, which will feature a new covered courtyard called Piazza Egizia and a series of interconnected public urban rooms. The Gallery of the Kings is an integral part of this redesign. The uncovered windows of the gallery reveal the ancient statues to passersby on Piazza Egizia and Via Principe Amedeo. The gallery’s entry area is directly connected to the Arcade urban room through an arched portal that frames an ancient Lotus Column, inviting visitors inside. The full renovation of Museo Egizio is scheduled for completion in 2025.

The design of the Gallery of the Kings is led by David Gianotten and Andreas Karavanas of OMA in collaboration with Italian office Andrea Tabocchini Architecture.

■建築概要

The Gallery of the Kings at Museo Egizio 2024
Project: The Gallery of the Kings at Museo Egizio 2024
Status: Competition
Client: Fondazione Museo delle Antichita Egizie di Torino (Museum of Egyptian Antiquities Foundation, Turin)
Location: Turin, Italy
Program: Preservation and repurposing
Partner: David Gianotten
Project Architect: Andreas Karavanas
COMPETITION Team: Rui Pedro Couto Fernandes, Giovanni Nembrini
Model Team: Tijmen Klone, Alisa Kutsenko, Marc Heumer
Model Photography: Arthur Wong
DESIGN DEVELOPMENT Team: Rui Pedro Couto Fernandes, Giovanni Nembrini, Michael den Otter, Vincent Kersten, Giuseppe Dotto
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COLLABORATORS
Collaborating Architect: Andrea Tabocchini Architecture
Structural Engineer: Buro Milan
MEP, Fire engineer, Security Engineer: Studio Lagrecacolonna / Melato
Lighting Engineer: Effetto Luce srl
Visualization: OMA, ATA, Jeudi Wang