In 2013, the Albanian Ministry of Culture envisioned a plan to rebuild the cultural infrastructure reactivating abandoned historical buildings. The Marubi Museum is a pioneer project of this programme. The plan to create the museum has enjoyed an enormous national repercussion because of the historical importance of exhibiting, among others, the photographic legacy created during more than one century by three generations of photographers from the Marubi family. 

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Architects: Casanova+Hernandez architects

Location: Shkodër, Albania

Architects In Charge: Jesus Hernandez, Helena Casanova

Area: 1138.0 m2

Project Year: 2016

Photographs: Christian Richters, Courtesy of Casanova+Hernandez, Blerta Kambo
Advice Photo Curator: Kim Knoppers

Historian: Zef Paci

Local Architect: Atelier 4

Structural Engineer: Diana Lluka

Mechanical Engineer: Spiro Drita

Electrical Engineer: Dëshire Mena

Constructor: R&T Group

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Site Plan

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From the architect. In 2013, the Albanian Ministry of Culture envisioned a plan to rebuild the cultural infrastructure reactivating abandoned historical buildings. The Marubi Museum is a pioneer project of this programme. The plan to create the museum has enjoyed an enormous national repercussion because of the historical impor...