Archinect - News2024-11-23T23:32:35-05:00https://archinect.com/news/article/150001282/check-out-lascaux-iv-the-international-centre-for-cave-art-designed-by-sn-hetta-and-casson-mann
Check out Lascaux IV: The International Centre for Cave Art designed by Snøhetta and Casson Mann Nicholas Korody2017-04-04T12:42:00-04:00>2017-04-04T12:42:20-04:00
<img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/wt/wt3ow2r30vdf9no2.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><p>The 20,000-year-old cave paintings of Lascaux are considered among the most important examples of Paleolithic art in the world, and one of the greatest treasures of European patrimony. The Norwegian architecture firm <a href="http://archinect.com/snohetta" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snøhetta</a>, alongside scenographer Casson Mann, has designed a new museum for the cave in Montignac, France, entitled the The International Centre for Cave Art or Lascaux IV. The museum features “state-of-the-art experiential storytelling technology” as well as a facsimile of the caves, offering “visitors an opportunity to discover the caves in a unique way that reveals a sense of wonder and mystery, as if they, too, were the first group of adventurers to stumble upon the cave paintings,” according to the press release.</p><p>The architects describe the museum as a “fine cut in the landscape”—an area sandwiched between a protected, densely-forested hillside and the agricultural Vézère Valley. They argue that the contemporary design of the center avoids falling into the “potentia...</p>