norwegian practice snøhetta has recently been awarded the bid to design the new 'lascaux caves visitor center' on the boundary of the vezere valley and the hillside, between a dense forest and man-formed agricultural land in motignac france. the project will display the artwork created by prehistoric artists on the walls of the natural stone vaults, and just like these artists who took cues from the existing textures and irregularities to communicate their ideas, so does the architecture exist within a small fissure following the contours of the landscape to effectively expose the subtle intricacies of the site. the long glass facade faces north towards the city of montignac to receive visitors. varying transparencies define the curtain wall facade that constantly maintains a profile with the immediate environment. the public service spaces are located towards this glass wall, receiving plenty of natural light, while the exhibitions are discovered as the visitor explores further into the earth through a similar path that the ancient inhabitants used in order to reach the same point. the project presents itself through a series of majestic spaces filled with silence, bustling trees, penetrating light in vast dark spaces, hard rock surfaces and lively vegetative components that restore the spirit of the caves and their treasured paintings.
from designboom
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