Design intentions
In this project we tried to make the Museum to obey to the situation, but it didn’t mean the blind following of the shapes of the Great Pyramids, but the artful realizing. We took the shape of Pyramid of Khufu and “inversed” it. As a result we came up to the crater, which is hiding in the depths of sands, not far from the Great Pyramids themselves. Taking such a shape, we thought of the boom in the technical progress- we needed the big crater- amphitheater {circle}, which would be 146 meters high and 230 meters wide {sizes of Khufu Pyramid} in order to show the gallographic pictures, for example we think of showing the process of building of pyramids to the visitors, and anyone would be able virtually learn it. Crater is the big amphitheater {circle} which serves almost 30000 viewers and every visitor can fully and easily understand the given information. The museum also has the sizes of Pyramid of Khufu, it means that its height is 146.6 m, and length is 230.370 m, the angle of inclination is 51? 50? 40??. The museum is hidden in the ground, it doesn’t contest with the huge sizes of pyramids and only its entrance part slightly rises upon everything. After the visit, the viewer can walk towards pyramids without a car. For that purpose, the visitor can walk through the underground walking route with the upper lighting from the Museum towards the Eastern part of Pyramids. On the way to pyramids, the person gets introduced with dozens of workshops of producing folk trade- leather art, silver art, potters and carvers of wood and ivory. The folk masters could be combined in special villages. Possibly, the visitor will understand how people spined the yarn and fired bricks, etc. The museum can be used not only for the introducing the stationary objects of Egypt’s culture, but here gallographic pictures on different parts from life of ancient Egyptians would be demonstrated to the people: building of pyramids, planting and harvesting of wheat, fishing, funerals and weddings, etc. There will be conferences, symposiums, celebrations of anniversary connecting with the history of Ancient Egypt held in the crater- amphitheater, which would be presented as the inverse of pyramid. Gallography fully, vividly presents the spirit of the past time of Egypt. The full-planned solving of the Museum is simple and the most comfortable- the visitor, step by step, learns all the objects. We presented the first variant of making a territory of museum, but in case if the work on project would be continued, we’ll find other salvations. We want to see the museum to be unlike other museums of the world, we see it to be truly Egyptian, reflecting the progress of the XXI century. The project head: Narynov Saken Architects: Trochshinsky Alexandr Imanbaj Berik