French concrete maker Lafarge showcased several images of the Museum of European and Mediterranean Civilizations (MuCEM) located in Marseille, France. This project was created by the architect Rudy Ricciotti.
After the opening of MuCEM by French President François Hollande, the public opening of the museum followed on June 7, 2013. With such a breathtaking epilogue, a 10-year architectural and technical epic of construction ended.
For this world's first museum dedicated to Mediterranean cultures, architect Rudy Ricciotti designed an exceptional building. Located on the Marseille embankment, at the entrance to the Old Port, on the former jetty of the J4 port, it opens onto the sea and seems to establish a dialogue between the two shores of the Mediterranean.
MuCEM creates a new horizon for the people of Marseille by becoming a place for walks and a place of culture. The popular museum offers different types of cruises, walks and trips in the Mediterranean.
Building 15,000 m? in the form of a mineral cube, where the main component is concrete, which gives strength and lightness to the entire building. In his creation, Rudy Ricciotti used concrete to the limit. Nothing in his work is merely decorative. Everything is structural, like the skeleton of a fish. He literally dematerialized the concrete structure, making it thin, graceful and energetic, like a coral reef.
