Museum SLRB-NLRS
NLRS-SLRB museum
Sofia, Bulgaria
Client: NGO
Type: competition
Program: museum hall with conference area
Project: 2012
Partner in Charge: Ivaylo Andreev
Project Architects: Ivaylo Andreev, Angel Savlakov
Co-author: Simeon Stoilov Studio,
Team: Nikolay Mitov, Silvia Angelova
This old exhibition space suffered from various transformations and adaptations throughout the years and ended up being only a second floor hall with no proper access. For the renovation of the National Association of Hunters and Anglers museum first we had to deal with the access and fire regulations. After this we experimented with the space itself. The concept that was born during the process was to have a cut/paste box of nature in the museum. This diorama - habitat of the hunted animals in Bulgaria is to be the central piece in the exhibition area that welcomes the visitor. The walls around, containing the exhibits, were to be treated in neutral and monotone way leaving enough space for the visitors and eventual temporary expositions. In the far end of the hall is situated the area for multimedia, lectures and discussions.