Museo Del Tevere - Masterplan for The Tiber River

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The Tiber river in Rome has played  a crucial role on the creation and evolution of the ancient city. In a section of the river edge, a masterplan was developed to eventually design a museum of the river and organize the currently sporadic commercial and public spaces. At the entrance of Porta Portese along the edge of Rome’s ancient boundary wall, exists the city’s largest street market, which every Sunday, occupies the entirety of the masterplan site. Taking inspiration from the ancient walls of Rome, a design was implemented through the creation of a system of alternating thresholds which connect the market to the river. The museum similarly is organized as a reflection of the architectural and natural thresholds which separate the city from the water. As the visitors enter the site, they move through 4 continuous walls, which themselves intersect to create both a circulation through each zone of the museum, but also to align the central exhibition and gathering spaces with the vantages of the ancient river.