Article source: casanova+hernandez architects

In 2013, the Albanian Ministry of Culture envisioned a plan to improve the national cultural infrastructure, paying special attention to the renovation of existing historical buildings, reusing them with a new cultural program. One of the first projects included in this program is the Marubi National Photomuseum, which is specially important due to its pioneer character. The plan to create the museum has enjoyed an enormous national repercussion because of the historical importance of exhibiting the photographic legacy created during more than one century by three generations of photographers from the Marubi family. But also, because preserving and disseminating Marubi’s work in a historical city as Shkodër acquires a strong symbolic significance that will help to promote the Albanian national identity, specially among new generations.

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• Architects: casanova+hernandez architects
• Project: National Photomuseum Marubi
• Location: Shkodër, Albania
• Photography: casanova+hernandez architects
• Client: Albanian Ministry of Culture
• Status of project: Detail design phase