设计单位  COX Architecture

项目地点  阿曼尼兹瓦

建成时间  2023年

建筑面积  38,600平方米

阿曼“跨时代”博物馆位于阿曼最古老的城市之一尼兹瓦，其设计灵感来自哈杰尔山脉及峡谷的奇特景观和几何轮廓。博物馆展示了阿曼丰富的历史文化和经济发展历程，同时也让人们对阿曼的未来产生深刻的认识。

Located in Nizwa, one of the oldest cities in Oman, the Museum is inspired by the extraordinary landscape and geometric profiles of the Al Hajar Mountains and its canyons. The Oman Across Ages Museum is a celebration of the country's rich history, culture, and economic growth over time while offering a compelling insight into Oman's tomorrow.

在阿曼人民和游客眼中，这座博物馆都是一个文化和教育地标。建筑从沙漠地表腾起，向天边延伸，其规模之大令人叹为观止。

The museum is a cultural and educational landmark for Omanis and visitors alike. The sheer scale of the building as it rises from the desert floor and stretches to the horizon is something to behold.

博物馆通过一系列沉浸式的高科技展览体验，带领游客穿越阿曼的历史。这座建筑以棱角分明的几何造型，从地貌中脱颖而出，与哈杰尔山脉的山峰、山脊交相辉映。展览设计与建筑风格和谐统一，通过最新的沉浸式技术展示了阿曼从史前到现代的丰富遗产。

As a cultural landmark, the museum transports visitors across the nation's 800-million-year history through a series of immersive, high-tech experiences. The building emerges from the landscape as a series of angular, geometric forms that sit in dialogue with the backdrop of the peaks and ridges of the Al Hajar Mountain range. In harmony with the architecture, the exhibition design celebrates Oman's rich heritage, dating from prehistory to the modern day through the latest immersive technologies.

这座建筑具有令人惊叹的规模。它包括画廊、图书馆知识中心、礼堂、工作场所、艺术家驻留住所和工作室、文物保护工作室、咖啡馆以及社交和研究空间。博物馆中，仅常设展览空间就达9,000平方米，一些画廊空间高达20多米。

The sheer scale of the building is something to behold. It includes galleries, a library knowledge center, an auditorium, a workplace, artist-in-residence accommodation and studios, conservation workshops, cafés, and social and research spaces. The permanent exhibition space alone is 9,000 square metres and some galleries stretch more than 20 metres high.

无论是从字面意义上还是从隐喻意义上，这都为布置带来了自由和余地，使得博物馆可以通过规模宏大的装置和陈列，为访客创造出真正震撼人心的参观体验，充分展现阿曼底蕴丰厚的历史。

This gave us the freedom and space, literally and metaphorically, to create a truly dramatic and utterly jaw-dropping visitor experience through installations and displays on a scale that does justice to Oman's rich history.

风景和文化，是设计概念背后的两个核心灵感来源。阿曼的风景原始而美丽，令人赞叹不已。与之相媲美的是阿曼这片土地上的人民创造出的非凡历史文化。地理环境与人文成就的交相辉映成为设计构思的核心，也是博物馆希望赞颂的内容。

There were two central forces of inspiration that sat behind our initial ideas, the landscape, and the culture. The Oman landscape is incredibly potent, a raw but beautiful circumstance. In concert with that was the extraordinary history and culture of Oman and its people, the coincidence of this incredible piece of geography and human achievements became central to the design ideation. The Museum is very much about jointly celebrating these.

最终，该博物馆展现着杰出的人文成就与引人入胜的景观如何互相成就，为人们带来无限的启发。人类个体之间的亲密记忆，与群体代际传承以及人与自然环境之间的宏大故事，相互交融。建筑概念正是以这些为灵感来源。

The compositional outcome is a synthesis of a Nations incredible human achievement alongside a compelling landscape. There is an infinite source of inspiration. The flux between the intimate stories of people and the grand stories of their heritage and physical environment. The ideation for the architecture emerged seamlessly from these points of inspiration.

建筑被连绵起伏的哈杰尔山脉环抱其中。设计从山脉锯齿形的轮廓抽象提取形态，转化为这座独特的建筑。建筑形体从南侧上升，在北端达到最高点。

The Al Hajar mountains form this incredible jagged silhouette as the immediate neighbor embraces the building. The composition is abstracted from those extraordinary forms and translated into this unique structure. The building form grows up and out of the earth from the south, rising into its mountain peak at the northern end.

在这里，建筑不是仅仅作为容器或围护结构，而是将其本身作为讲故事的方式之一，作为叙事的一部分。通过这种方式，博物馆的核心叙事得到了建筑本身的呼应和强化。一个成功的博物馆需要将叙事、建筑、展览和体验融合在一起。所有这些的集合，赋予了博物馆个性和力量。

The building itself is an embedded part of the storytelling. It's not just an enclosure, but a storytelling vehicle itself. In this way, the core narratives of the museum are echoed and reinforced by the building itself. A successful museum is about an ensemble of storytelling, building, exhibition, and experiential qualities coming together. It is this complete ensemble that gives the museum its personality and potency.

这座建筑希望展现大方欢迎的姿态，公开地邀请人们进入博物馆。它将人们丝滑地带入欢迎大厅，让他们在这里欣赏周围群山的全景，这便启动了精心策划的观展历程。展览安排基本上直观地顺应着从史前到当代的叙事过程，既经过精心安排，但仍保留了自发性和多样性。参观者可以自行选择观展的速度和内容。重要的是，整个历程从开放式到沉浸式的过渡，是清晰可感知的。

The building seeks to offer this broad gesture of welcome and generosity of arrival which is an open invitation to join the museum. This invitation leads seamlessly into the Welcome Hall, which offers panoramic views of the surrounding mountains. This sets up carefully curated journeys. The journeys are largely intuitive and offer a progression of narratives from pre-history to the current day. The journeys are thus orchestrated but still retain a sense of spontaneity and variety. There is the ability to choose the pace and degree of forensic undertaking. Most critically, there is a clear progression from openness to immersion.

阿曼“跨时代”博物馆为博物馆体验塑造带来了一个新范式。其设计充分发挥了建筑在表达和交流方面的潜力：建筑的规模、几何形状、构成、光线和视野，既是表达手段，也为不同空间大大扩展了装置、展陈和表现的可能性。

The Oman Across Ages Museum constitutes a new paradigm in the museum experience. Its design uses the full array of architecture's potential for expression and communication, including scale, geometry, form, light, and vistas both as purely expressive devices, and to offer a wide range of possibilities for installations, displays, and performances across its varied spaces.

完整项目信息

City: Muscat, Oman

Year: 2023

Client: Sultanate of Oman, Royal Court Affairs

Status: Complete

Key Consultants: Aurecon, Space Agency Design, Lighting Design Partnership International, Event Communications, Pulleyblank Pty Ltd

Gross Floor Area: 38,600m2

Photography: Sami Khamis Sanjor Al Qawal, LDPi –Lighting Design Partnership International + IGUZZINI + Louis Poulsen, Phillip Handforth

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