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Not A Museum.
       
     
Not A Museum.

is a new take on the traditional museum that is rooted in the community---taking in their input and desires to drive art and design. 

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Piazza Fontana is located in the tourism heart of Milan, just a block from the Duomo Cathedral. Because of the bombings that took place in December of 1969, this site is sensitive to the people of Milan, and no one has developed the space. Our project revitalizes the plaza by giving it back to the citizens and artists. We used the the angles from our Urban Infill site to project 

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the building program consists of temporary galleries that project into the site, permanent gallery space, artist work spaces, and artist live+work space

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artist live+work

the community selects and supports locals artists to live and work within their museum. In return the artists regularly participate in "open houses" to

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