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LIMESTONE MUSEUM\u00a0| Marseille, France\u00a0| Unit 21 | 2016<\/p>\n

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The Museum is a testament to Marseille\u2019s relationship with its adjacent Limestone outcrop. Layers within the stone are chronological and run parallel to the past narrative of Limestone within Marseille; the early construction of the city and the formation of the impressive coastal creeks\u00a0(Le Calanques).<\/h6>\n
The geological value of the stone led to an archaeological approach to quarrying, such that the Limestone and its spectrum of data became the object of excavation; the artefact to study and\u00a0preserve. By removing specific volumes of stone in\u00a0a controlled area, the quarry footprint was designed such that it could be occupied once quarrying was complete. An inhabitable intervention was calved into the landscape as opposed to destroying this unique site.<\/h6>\n
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Limestone, in both authentic and progressive forms, was reconstituted into a site of urban excavation. Existing party walls bore evidence of the demolished building that had\u00a0previously occupied the site. Traces of floor plates,\u00a0openings and structural steel beams remained.<\/h6>\n
To communicate the process of excavation, these vestiges were preserved and incorporated into the building.<\/h6>\n
The standard quarried block size is expressed in the museum\u2019s construction to emphasise the stones relationship to the quarry.<\/h6>\n
Each block is cut and refined depending on its\u00a0role and configuration within the building. Layers\u00a0of stone strata that correspond to time past are expressed according to the users interaction with each space. Folds and fault lines in the stone are exposed and translucent walkways traverse these phenomenon.<\/h6>\n
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Impressions of the Calanque surface were cast into concrete made form the quarried limestone and local clay. The Calanque topography thus became a surface within the museum. Concrete was used in spaces which were required to perform a particular function, namely the auditorium and laboratory. Any excess stone was ground to make concrete. In effect, no stone was wasted.<\/h6>\n
Tools used to cut and refine stone have\u00a0varied tolerances. In order to achieve rough, smooth\u00a0and polished surfaces, tolerances had to be defined\u00a0in the construction process. The contrast between\u00a0routh cut textures and smooth surfaces define areas\u00a0of touch and functionality throughout the building.<\/h6>\n
The Museum symbolises an exchange between two sites; a stone quarry and an urban\u00a0excavation. Stone is extracted, cut, and refined then\u00a0reconstituted in the city, leaving a footprint that transforms the quarry into a habitable intervention. The visitor is taken on a tour through cemented layers of time and geological data, where contact with different textures, compositions and ages of stone are sensitively controlled.<\/h6>\n<\/div>\n
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LIMESTONE MUSEUM\u00a0| Marseille, France\u00a0| Unit 21 | 2016 Click to see\u00a0Design Realisation \u00a0 The Museum is a testament to Marseille\u2019s relationship with its adjacent Limestone outcrop. Layers within the stone are chronological and run parallel to the past narrative of Limestone within Marseille; the early construction of the city and the formation of the impressive coastal creeks\u00a0(Le Calanques). The geological value of the stone led to an archaeological approach to<\/p>\n

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