Heneghan Peng Architects

The Palestinian Museum

THE PALESTINIAN MUSEUM

Heneghan & Peng Architects

The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan

ARCHITECTS
Heneghan & Peng Architects

CATEGORY
Museum

LANDSCAPE ARCHITECT
Lara Zureikat

AREA
3500.0 m2

PROJECT YEAR
2017

PHOTOGRAPHS
Iwan Baan

LOCATION
West Bank, Palestine, Birzeit, Palestine

PROJECT MANAGERS
Projacs International

MANUFACTURERS
Erco, Okalux, Schüco, D-Line, Nassar Stone, Creative Ad Design, Manjorco

CS/ MEP/ FIRE
ARUP

QS
Davis Langdon/ Aecom

CONCEPT FACADE
T/E/S/S

CONSTRUCTION STAGE CS/ MEP/ FIRE/ QS
Arabtech Jardaneh

CONCEPT LIGHTING
Bartenbach Lichtlabor

CLIENT
Taawon-Welfare Association/ Palestinian Museum Dr Mahmoud Hawari

LIST OF DESIGN STAGES (RIBA)
A-L

CONSTRUCTION BUDGET
USD 20 000 000

The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan

Text description provided by architect.

The mission of the Palestinian Museum is to be the leading, most credible and robust platform for shaping and communicating knowledge about Palestinian history, society and culture.

To deliver on this mission, the client’s intention has been to develop a Palestinian Museum hub located 25km north of Jerusalem (West Bank), and in two phases of building construction.

The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan

Phase 1 (completed 2016) consists of a built area of 3,500SQM.

It includes a climate-controlled gallery space, an amphitheatre, a cafeteria with outdoor seating, a library, classrooms, storage, a gift shop and administrative spaces; all set within 4 hectares of planned gardens. During Phase 2; the Museum will expand to a total of 10,000SQM.

The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan

The cascade of terraces tells a diversity of stories; citrus brought in through trade routes, native aromatic herbs, a rich and varied landscape with connections east and west.

The building itself emerges from the landscape to create a strong pro le for the hilltop both integrated into the landscape yet creating an assertive form that has a distinctive identity.

The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan

Largely single-storey; it stretches out along the hilltop from the south to north; overlooking the gardens to the west.

The ground floor, comprising entrance reception, museum administration, galleries, screening room and cafe opens out directly to the gardens at its northern end, while overlooking a stone amphitheatre below it at the southern end.

The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan

In the lower ground oor there is a public Education and Research Centre with classrooms, workshops and administrative spaces. The education centre opens out to a cut stone amphiteatre to the west.

In addition to the Education and Research Centre, the main art collections spaces, photographic archives, and art handling are all located in the lower ground oor. These spaces are not accessible to the public; they open out to a secure delivery yard at the eastern side of the building. The building will be the first LEED Certified building in Palestine.

The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan


The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan
The Palestinian Museum
© Iwan Baan


The Palestinian Museum
Site Plan
The Palestinian Museum
Site Plan
The Palestinian Museum
Ground Floor Plan
The Palestinian Museum
Lower Ground Floor Plan


The Palestinian Museum
Section and Elevation
The Palestinian Museum
Cross Section

Heneghan Peng Architects
T +353 1 633 9000 F +353 1 633 9010
Heneghan Peng Architects
14-16 Lord Edward St, Temple Bar, Dublin, D02 YC63, Ireland