Situated at the base of the ancient Citadel, in the center of Erbil, Iraq, the 150,000 square-foot museum will feature exhibition spaces for both permanent and temporary exhibitions, a lecture theatre, state-of-the-art multimedia educational resources, an extensive digital archive of Kurdish historical assets, as well as community center and landscaped outdoor spaces for public use. >>>

To better fit the projected building complex into the municipality of Chyne, we applied traditional pitched roofs. We also took into consideration haracteristics of the historical center of the town, where streets and buildings have picturesque kinked lines in the plan. Trying to keep associative connection with history in combination with modern architecture, we created a visual image of the school, built on flexible bends seen in houses and roofs nearby. This approach enabled us to divide the massive building into units that do not suppress the low-rise environment, form a number of... >>>