British studio RSHP has unveiled plans to overhaul the Bayeux Tapestry Museum in Normandy, France, adding an extension to exhibit the 70-metre-long, historic tapestry.
RSHP's design will involve restoring the existing 17th-century museum and extending it to better display the embroidered cloth that depicts the lead-up to William I's conquest of England in 1066.
RSHP has unveiled its design for a museum extension to house the Bayeux Tapestry
The two-storey extension will be situated adjacent to the existing museum, connected by a one-storey glass structure.
Stretching the length of the museum's site, the 115-metre-long new building will have a gently sloping roof designed to reduce its size alongside the neighbouring structures. A glass structure will connect the existing museum and the extension
"Through sensitive scale and disposition of the building on the site and careful selection of materials, the new museum will be woven elegantly into the existing urban 'tapestry' in which it sits," said RSHP.
"The extension also resolves the complex geometry of the site, aligning with existing buildings and axes, delineated by the dynamic lines of the roof," the studio continued.
"This reduces the perception of the building size, reflecting the intimate scale of the houses adjoining the extension and, in its horizontality, the monumental dimensions of the tapestry within."
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