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Qal’at al-Bahrain Site MuseumManama, Kingdom of Bahrain3508.BAH
WOHLERT Arkitekter
The Qal’at al-Bahrain (Bahrain Fort) ar-chaeological site was recently nominated to the UNESCO World Heritage List. The new museum’s purpose is to expose the site’s archaeological development from 2500BC to today.
Exposing regional architectural and cul-tural values have been crucial in the design process. The Gulf Region has changed rapidly in recent years, and traditional cultural expressions have not been appreciated as they deserve.
The 2000m2 museum is situated on a
It has been important that the building retained the scale of traditional regional buildings and is, in the same style, rather introvert.
Access is by way of an exterior courtyard with café at museum’s northern end and exhibition in the southern. The courtyard serves as a transition between the harsh outdoors sun and the subdued interior lighting.
The exhibition space is laid out around the dramatic central display, a 30m long recreation of the archaeological strata, in levels corresponding to archaeologi-cal sediments. From the earliest Dilmon period exhibition on the lower level, the visitor ascends to the most recent Islam-ic period exhibition on the higher level through a succession of planes.
The museum is lit by daylight, both from
through exhibition showcases, that are lit from above through the light turrets that
sandstone and ceilings are in dark mer-anti wood.
Administration, lecture hall and rooms for visiting archaeologists are placed around the courtyard of the low square building.
Client:Ministry of Information, Kingdom of Bah-rain. Assistant Undersecretary for Culture and National Heritage Shaikha Mai bint Mohammad bin Al-Khalifa
Sponsor:Arcapita Bank and Kingdom of Bahrain
Partners:COWI Almoayed Gulf WLL (engineer and site architect)National Museum of BahrainDr Pierre Lombard, chief curatorEskild Bjerre Laursen, exhibition architect
Construction 2006-2008
Qal’at al-Bahrain Museum
KarbabadManama, Bahrain
Architects Wohlert ArkitekterCopenhagen, Denmark
Clients Ministry of Information / Sheikha Mai al-KhalifaManama, Bahrain
Commission 2003
Design 2003 - 2007
Construction 2006 - 2008
Occupancy 2008
Site 170,000 m2
Ground floor 1,670 m2
Total floor 2,030 m2
Costs n.a.
Programme In 2006 the archaeological site at Qal’at al-Bahrain was declared a UNESCO World Heritage Site. This new museum is reached by an arrival court leading to an exhibition space, a restaurant or the archaeological site itself. The exhibition is centred around a 30-metre-long reconstruction of the site’s archaeological strata, and visitors pass through the ages as they ascend through the museum past each layer of this wall. Making maximum use of daylight, display cases are recessed into toplit towers that project from the exterior walls. In style, the architecture responds to local tradition, scale and climate with an introverted building, minimal in decoration.
Building Type Museums & Exhibition Facilities2010 Award Cycle 3508.BAH
Qal’at al-Bahrain Site MuseumManama, Kingdom of Bahrain3508.BAH
WOHLERT ArkitekterNikolaj Plads 81067 København KDenmarkwww.wohlertarkitekter.dk
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Aga Khan Award for Architecture
ARCHITECT'S RECORD
2010 AWARD CYCLE
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I. IDENTIFICATION
II. PERSONS RESPONSIBLE
A. Architect/Planner
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Qal'at al-Bahrain Site Museum ref 3508.BAH
Karbabad
Manama Bahrain
Wohlert Arkitekter
Nikolaj Plads 8
København K 1067
Denmark +45 3313 9308
+45 3315 2365 nf@wohlertarkitekter / cw@wohlertarkitekter
Claus Wohlert/Niels Friis
Ministry of Information, Shaikha Mai bint Muhammad al-Khalifa
P O Box 253
Manama
Bahrain +973 17 290210
+973 17 293008 [email protected]
COWI Bahrain Consulting Engineers
Bokhowa Group
Eskild Bjerre Laursen
Dr Pierre Lombard
National Museum of Bahrain
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Exhibition Architect
Chief Curator
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A. Commission
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A. Total Site Area
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III. TIMETABLE
IV. AREAS AND SURFACES
V. ECONOMICS
Autumn 2003
2003 2007
2006 2008
February 18th 2008
approx. 170.000m2
1670m2
2030m2
2.400.000 BD 6.360.000 US$ 2,65 2005
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2,653.133,- US$1.182,27 BD 2008
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20082,655.871.361,20 US$1,2,3+4: 2.215.608 BD
184.392 BD
F: Exhibition, total cost BD 450.000/US$ 1.192.500, not included in above figures. Breakdown of actual costs (C 1, 2, 3 + 4) not possible due to nature of contract.
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VI. PROJECT DESCRIPTION
VII. MATERIALS, STRUCTURE, AND CONSTRUCTION
In 2006 the archaeological site at Qal'at al-Bahrain was inscribed on the UNESCO list of world cultural heritage sites. The new museum houses an archaeological exhibition, introducing the site’s remains and historical development, including café, lecture hall and services for visitors. The UNESCO area, which consists of 17 hectares, contains an artificial mound created by thousands of years of archaeological cultural layers, in Arabic known as “tell.” So far, only a small part has been excavated.
The traditional architecture in Bahrain is characterized by trim, introvert buildings free of ornamentation. Their purpose is to protect from the intense heat and sun, and to create a maximum of natural ventilation from summer temperatures in the mid-forties centigrade. The traditional Gulf and modern Nordic architecture actually share many formal properties. Architecturally, the new museum focuses on this familiarity, merging local architectural tradition with the expectations and demands that are placed on a state-of-the-art culture-historical museum.
The new museum lies on the water’s edge, forming a dock on the gulf. It was inaugurated in 2008. It consists of two elements: a two-storey museum wing, housing museum, arrival court and restaurant, and a square services building surrounding a small garden court. The visitor enters the museum through the arrival court-yard, which creates a transition between the very hard out-doors light and the subdued museum lighting. A small fountain in the courtyard adds the sound of splashing water, providing a sense of tranquillity. The courtyard provides access to both museum hall and cafeteria and also forms the entrance gate to the archaeological site.
The central element in the museum hall is the “tell wall,” a thirty-metre long recreation of the tell’s seven archaeological layers through 4500 years. Visitors are led through the museum on a tour around the wall, where the archaeological periods each have their own section of exhibition. The exhibition is organized chronologically; beginning on the lower level with the oldest period, after which the levels follow the archaeological layers, forming an ascension to the topmost level on the first floor.
The museum hall is primarily lit by daylight, both by a continuous skylight over the tell wall, and by the facade display-cases. They are recessed in exterior walls, forming the characteristic projecting light towers in the building’s facades. The restaurant is spacious and has outdoor service in a shaded area on the dock with magnificent views of Gulf and Portuguese fort.
Interior colours and textures are inspired by traditional Bahraini architecture. Ceilings are in hardwood coffers, referring to dark, wooden traditional ceilings. Walls are in cream render and interior and exterior paving is sandstone.
Use of materials is very restricted: Floors, inside and out, are from Italian Santafiora sandstone. Wall surfaces are rendered and painted in a colour and finish reminiscent of local traditional juss plaster. Coffered ceilings are made from meranti wood. Railings and ironmongery from brass. Fixed furniture is from mahogany. With few exceptions, construction methods are simple and well known in Bahrain, and materials are chosen among those readily available. The structure is a post and beam concrete framework based on a raft structure, the site being a recent landfill. The post and beam structure is filled out with concrete block masonry and rendered. Roof structure consists of steel trusses, supporting insulated aluminium roof panels. Ventilation and services are supplied through cavities in the raft, the raft forming the podium for the museum hall.
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VIII. PROJECT SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT
Please note: The submission of this Record is a prerequisite to candidacy for the Award. All information contained in and submittedwith the Record will be kept strictly confidential until announcement of the Award is made. Subsequently, such material may be madeavailable by the Aga Khan Award for Architecture and you hereby grant the Aga Khan Award for Architecture a non-exclusivelicence for the duration of the legal term of copyright (and all rights in the nature of copyright) in the Material submitted to reproducethe Material or licence the reproduction of the same throughout the world.
Keywords: Growing appreciation and support of cultural heritage in education and tourism. Intercultural exchange and cooperation. Reinterpretation of traditional architecture in a culture where its' qualities are generally unappreciated. The project's ambition is to reinterpret traditional architectural elements in a part of the world where effects of sudden wealth are happening with a very international approach. Appreciation of rich traditional values in architecture are often absent and not reflected in the recent construction boom. Almost all recent architecture is "international" and not in any specific way anchored to regional climate, scale and architecture. This way of building may prove a quick fix to a booming economy's demands, but very little of lasting architectural quality is added in the rapidly expanding sprawl. In all humbleness, our strategy is to expose the traditional qualities and values that are too rapidly being discarded. A key architectural idea is to identify, retain and communicate local traditional architectural heritage, exposing it in connection with perhaps the most important archaeological site in Bahrain. The museum is visited - apart from tourists etc - by school classes, being an important cultural-historical landmark in Bahrain. Further, the museum brings attention to a major Middle Eastern archaeological site, which in itself has a fascinating history. It was at this site that remains were found that localized Bahrain as the legendary land Dilmun known from Mesopotamian poetry. The myth about Dilmun is believed to have formed the basis for the Bible’s later accounts of the Garden of Eden. For the last 4.500 years, Bahrain has played a key role in trade in the Gulf Region. The Qal'at al-Bahrain Site Museum is the first in a series of visitor's centres/museums that are planned for construction at a number of archaeological sites in Bahrain. One of few attempts in the region to direct attention to cultural heritage, transforming some part of the recent riches to long lasting cultural wealth. To the visitor, it will prove a welcome and informative exception to other attractions in the Gulf Region, and hopefully inspire similar initiatives.
Claus Wohlert
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WOHLERT Arkitekter A/S
Wohlert Arkitekter A/S Nikolaj Plads 8 E-mail: [email protected] DK 1067 København K Thorben Schmidt MAA Telefon (+45) 33 13 93 08 Claus Wohlert MAA Telefax (+45) 33 15 23 65 image id form 3508BAH.doc
3508.BAH Image identification form Images in main A3 panels:
filename/image: Context view, photo Feb 2008 by Eskild Bjerre Laursen
filename/image: Courtyard towards Gulf, photo March 2008 by Lore-dana Mantello
filename/image: exterior close-up from South, photo March 2008 by Loredana Mantello
filename/image: exterior evening view from South-West, photo March 2008 by Loredana Mantello
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filename/image: Main entrance, photo March 2008 by Loredana Mantello
filename/image: Museum hall, ground floor view, photo March 2008 by Loredana Mantello
filename/image: Night view, South facade, photo March 2008 by Loredana Mantello Other digital images:
filename/image: 01 East Facade, photo March 2008 by Eskild Bjerre Laursen
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filename/image: 02 North Facade, photo March 2008 by Wohlert Arkitekter
filename/image: 03 outdoors café area, photo March 2008 by Woh-lert Arkitekter
filename/image: 04 arrival courtyard, photo March 2008 by Wohlert Arkitekter
filename/image: 05 café night view, photo March 2008 by Wohlert Arkitekter
filename/image: 06 café, photo March 2008 by Wohlert Arkitekter
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filename/image: 07 museum hall, 1st floor view 1, photo March 2008 by Wohlert Arkitekter
filename/image: 08 museum hall, 1st floor view 2, photo March 2008 by Loredana Mantello
filename/image: 09 museum hall, 1st floor view 3, photo March 2008 by Loredana Mantello
filename/image: 10 museum hall lower level view, photo March 2008 by Loredana Mantello
filename/image: 11 ground floor view , photo March 2008 by Lore-dana Mantello
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filename/image: 12 exhibition detail, photo March 2008 by Eskild Bjerre Laursen
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