The document summarizes an architectural case study of the Muzeiko Science Discovery Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. It includes three levels that take visitors through exhibits exploring the past, present, and future. The lowest level focuses on archaeology, geology, and paleontology. The ground floor examines the natural environment and contemporary cities. The top floor features interactive technologies and space travel. The building design references Bulgaria's mountainous landscape with three sculptural glass forms alluding to traditional crafts.
The document summarizes an architectural case study of the Muzeiko Science Discovery Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. It includes three levels that take visitors through exhibits exploring the past, present, and future. The lowest level focuses on archaeology, geology, and paleontology. The ground floor examines the natural environment and contemporary cities. The top floor features interactive technologies and space travel. The building design references Bulgaria's mountainous landscape with three sculptural glass forms alluding to traditional crafts.
The document summarizes an architectural case study of the Muzeiko Science Discovery Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. It includes three levels that take visitors through exhibits exploring the past, present, and future. The lowest level focuses on archaeology, geology, and paleontology. The ground floor examines the natural environment and contemporary cities. The top floor features interactive technologies and space travel. The building design references Bulgaria's mountainous landscape with three sculptural glass forms alluding to traditional crafts.
The document summarizes an architectural case study of the Muzeiko Science Discovery Center in Sofia, Bulgaria. It includes three levels that take visitors through exhibits exploring the past, present, and future. The lowest level focuses on archaeology, geology, and paleontology. The ground floor examines the natural environment and contemporary cities. The top floor features interactive technologies and space travel. The building design references Bulgaria's mountainous landscape with three sculptural glass forms alluding to traditional crafts.
Muzeiko Science Discovery Center •Architects: Skolnick Architecture + Design Partnership •Area: 35000 ft² •Year: 2015 •Location: Muzeiko, located in Bulgaria’s capital city of Sofia
o Organized conceptually as a journey
moving through time and space, visitors can explore three levels of exhibits in the 35,000-square-foot. o Lowest level-the Past o Ground floor-the Present o First floor-the Future PLANS
Basement floor Ground floor
Admin Exhibition spaces Access areas services Washrooms
Site plan First floor
• 3 access from where visitors can enter and 1 access for admin or services. • There are outdoor play area, Rain garden and gathering area for waiting.
• On the lowest level, children explore “The Past” through exhibits
interpreting archaeology, geology and paleontology. • The ground floor is “The Present,” represented by hands-on exhibits about the natural environment and contemporary cities. • The top floor is dedicated to “The Future” with interactive exhibitions exploring cutting-edge technologies and space travel. • Interactivity also extends to the site, which includes a science playground, a green roof and rooftop climbing wall, a rain garden, outdoor activity space and an amphitheater. Circulation of space
Observation Amphitheater Green roof stairway Climbing wall Whether station
Exhibit area
Creativity area Office
AV room Exit
Lobby Lobby
Ticket stairway toilet
counter
Café Exhibit area
First floor Exit
• The museum’s architectural theme, “Little Mountains,” is an allusion to Bulgaria’s mountainous topography. The structure’s glass volume is interrupted by three sculptural forms, or mountains, each referencing through its color scheme and texture indigenous craft traditions in the country. • One mountainous form features abstracted patterns inspired by textiles and embroidery, another by glazed ceramics, and the third by traditional wood carving.
• The museum utilizes large areas of glass to reveal the interior and creating the feeling of openness and transparency about the activity inside, in contrast with most Bulgarian museums that appear imposing and monumental.
