Summary
- The Louvre in Paris has launched an international architectural competition as part of its five-year major renovation plan.
- The winner will take charge of the design for the new Mona Lisa exhibition space and a new entrance on the eastern facade of the building.
- The announcement intensified amid concerns about the agency’s maintenance of operations capabilities, following non-EU visitors holding strikes and 10 euro tickets.
After weeks of tension and sudden staff strike This has caused thousands of people to line up outside the gate, Louvre Museum International construction competition has been launched before the much-needed restoration.
The Parisian power opened the competition on June 27 with the aim of expanding its legendary space and ease congestion among its visitors through a newly designed entrance and exhibition space for its precious core decoration “Mona Lisa”. Five finalists will be decided by a jury of 21 people in October and the championship will be announced early next year.
To prevent the large crowds at the museum’s current visit points, although unlike the iconic glass and steel pyramids of IM PEI, the museum’s eastern facade will plant a new entrance on the eastern facade of the museum, which is seeking suggestions for seamless integration with the 17th-century classical colonies of the facade.
There is also a breathing space for “Mona Lisa” on the table. Leonardo da Vinci’s most famous work is located under the courtyard of the Courée and will be called the new 33,000 square feet underground. gallery Its home. The space will require a timed entry from the main gallery alone in an effort to overwhelm the constant crowd and overwhelm the current room of the painting.
The initiative is an increasing concern over the aging infrastructure of the Louvre and its ability to manage nearly 9 million visitors of the year. According to internal letters from director Laurence Des Cars, Parisianmost buildings suffer from water leakage and unstable climatic conditions, putting the collection at risk.
In January, French President Emmanuel Macron promised a five-year renovation program that he called the institution the “New Renaissance.” The estimated cost is 400 million euros ($417 million) for overhaul worldHe first reported 10 euro votes to non-Euro visitors, and he speculated that the expansion funds would be supplemented by rising costs.
