GEM ? Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza
GEM ? Grand Egyptian Museum, Giza Building, Egyptian Project, Images
GEM ? Grand Egyptian Museum in Giza
Architecture Development in Egypt – architecture by heneghan peng architects – exhibition design by ATELIER BRÃœCKNER
15 May 2017
GEM
Design: heneghang peng architects
Location: Giza, Egypt
GEM ? Grand Egyptian Museum
The world’s largest museum of Egyptian art and culture is being designed by ATELIER BRÃœCKNER. The Stuttgart scenographers won the competition for the design of the exhibition. The Grand Egyptian Museum (GEM) has a total floor space of more than 90,000 square metres, including about 40,000 square metres of space specifically for exhibitions. The complex is currently being built near the pyramids of Giza and is intended to accommodate up to 15,000 visitors a day.
A statue of King Ramses II, which is over 11 metres high, welcomes visitors in the atrium of the new building by heneghan peng architects. From there, a spectacular staircase with the Royal Image, presenting more than 90 large sculptures, leads upwards to the exhibition area. On arriving at the top, visitors are offered a breath-taking view of the pyramids.
The spacious galleries allow visitors to immerse themselves in the history of the pharaohs and the time of Egypt’s high culture. More than 50,000 exhibits convey the fascination of Egyptian archaeology ? including important artefacts from the beginning of the old-Egyptian period to the Greco-Roman era, including th...
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