Ara Pacis Museum (Rome, Italy) : Interior, main hall with altar; connection of steel frame curtain wall to pavement

Creator:

Meier, Richard, 1934-

Published/Created:

Rome, Lazio, Italy
altar originally Campus Martius; reconstructed near the Mausoleum of Augustus (Lungotevere in August)
1995-2006

Date Depicted:

4/8/2009

Materials:

steel; glass; travertine; white marble

Notes:

In 1938 Benito Mussolini built a protective building for the Altar, as it had been reconstructed by Vittorio Ballio Morpurgo, near the Mausoleum of Augustus (moving the Altar in the process) as part of his attempt to glorify Fascist Italy. A new cover building, designed by American architect Richard Meier, now stands on the same site as Mussolini's. The new building opened in 2006 to controversy. Modifications are planned to reroute a busy road so that the large travertine wall is no longer needed to block the noise of the traffic; a a wide pedestrian area will be built along the river and the road (Lungotevere in August) will run underneath it. A predominating feature of the new building is a glass curtain wall measuring 150 feet long and 40 feet high. There is space for other exhibits, an auditorium and a rooftop terrace with cafe.

Variant Titles:

Ara Pacis Augustae

Topics:

Architecture -- Italy -- 20th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- Italy -- 21st century -- (YVRC)

Period/Style:

Contemporary
Twenty-first century

Culture:

Italian

Accession Number:

1A1-MR-APM-F22

Coordinates:

+41.906389+12.475556

Genre:

architecture (AAT)
exhibition buildings: museums (AAT)

Format:

Image

Content Type:

Sculptures, Models, & Architecture

Rights:

Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement.

Access Restrictions:

Yale Community Only

Digital:

buildings; exhibition buildings; museums; art museums; buildings; performing arts buildings; auditoriums; complexes; sites (locations); historic sites architecture; contemporary (1960 to present); Museology; Mussolini, Benito, 1883-1945; Restoration and c

Source Creator:

Gilchrist, Scott

Source Title:

Archivision Addition Module Seven

Source Created:

2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
4/8/2009

Source Note:

Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist

Yale Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Digital Collection:

Visual Resources Collection

Local Record Number:

4349

OID:

10461213

PID:

digcoll:1861499