The Acropolis of Athens has been frequently destruction and predation of sculptures that are now in the largest museums in the world as the British Museum in London and the Louvre in Paris.
The sculptures have been for many years were stowed in a museum set up on the rock of 'Acropolis and were not exposed. It was therefore decided to build a new museum in front of the Acropolis and the ancient treasures to expose ourselves.
The new Acropolis museum occupies a total of 23,000 square meters with 14,000 square meters of exhibition space. It was designed by the team of Bernard Tschumi of New York and Michalis Fotiadis in Athens with the collaboration of sixty groups of special advisors and engineers so that it is earthquake-proof, comfortable with good sound and heat insulation.
For example, the big glass room with direct view of the Parthenon on the Rock and the Holy Temple of Athena, is actually a "glass chimney" that filters out harmful radiation and uses the natural light. He is also a function of the insulation and climatizzante. With an outside temperature of 40 ° C, the room is located at 24 ° C.
This is not the only novelty of the new museum that takes advantage of modern technology. It is designed so that a family can spend a day, and that people of all ages are met. So, besides the exhibition halls, there are two snack bars, gift shop, a restaurant, an amphitheater and a hall for temporary exhibitions.
The floors are made of glass and are used to obtain optical continuity of the Parthenon in the room up until the excavation of 2,500 square meters underground. They combine strength and 5cm thick, slip resistant and heat insulation. Earthquake-resistant design allows the museum to withstand an earthquake of 10 degrees on the Richter scale. The 92 support columns are based on as many "bases inverted pendulum", ie two-metal construction of 1.2 m in diameter that appear to be two plates with concave surfaces to ensure the well-polished minimum of friction. In case of earthquake, the slip is between these two dishes, because of their shape, regain their position after the shock. Each base has been designed separately for each column presents static moments and different compressions. They were built in Germany and tested in America.
The shell of the hall of the Parthenon is self-supporting structure without a frame and without reflections. It is made of glass with low rates of iron so that no green color and that light comes clear allowing a clear view to the outside and especially to the Acropolis.
The fireplace glass room of the Parthenon is made of two walls of 0.7 m distance between them. On outer shell screen printing are some spots to increase shading and reduce fogging, there is also a high-performance layer that protects against infrared radiation. The inner shell hangs at 2.5 m above the floor. At the base of the peripheral glass formed a bench that doubles as a heater duct where air comes out cold. The air going between the two "walls" of glass towards the opening of the false ceiling and the conditioning devices, it is warmed naturally.
To decrease the echoes of weary visitors, especially along the major pedestrian ramp up to 12 m high, the sound absorber is positioned behind the vertical walls of precast concrete hollow so that the voice of a guide for example, does not cause echo and that the net result.
This is just a simple description of the construction of the new Acropolis Museum built in accordance with a truly innovative technology. There are exposed all the antiquities found on the Acropolis. Welcome to see it up close and admire the accomplishments of our ancestors and feel proud.
Iannis Papadimitriou
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