The surrounding area is characterized by the overwhelming natural hilly landscape, which inscribes the horizon lines and juxtaposes the agricultural patches of the fields. Contour lines converging at the ridge of this plane, echo and reveal the existence of a geological substratum of the basalt precipice.

The museum building becomes a mediator among the diverse conditions of the site, while marking a new access to the archaeological park, by uncovering the basalt precipice. The zone of intervention marks the divide between ridge/field, up/down and archaeological plateau/alluvial plane. The cut in the basalt precipice, set on one contour height, follows the gentle curves of the landscape while establishing a new continuum. Intertwined in the path system of the archaeological park, the basalt line becomes a promenade between sky and ground, heaven and earth – a new place to contemplate and view. Like threaded on the established basalt ledge, the museum becomes an inseparable element of the staging of the museum site.

Both the basalt precipice and the found prehistoric artefacts are witnesses to the sediments of the site - all found and new elements of the site have the same material origin and substance. The museum conciliates between artefact and raw material, nature of building and nature of basalt precipice, archaeological site and the exhibited objects, authentic site and museological narration, inside and outside.

Designed as a sensual container, enclosed and hermetical it is to provide the necessary environment to exhibit the artefacts. In its spatial relationships, the volume is both an enclosed container and yet oriented to the outside. The slit volume establishes a strong relationship to its immediate context by means of panoramic views and in the associations it evokes. Primal and heavy. It elevates itself above the ground, allowing transparency while the landscape to flows through it and articulates the path leading to the plateau.

关于Marina Stankovic Architekten BDA的一些介绍：

Marina Stankovic Architekten BDA was established in 1986 in Berlin, Germany, to provide a full range of architectural services. The practice is committed to achieving design excellence, leadership and cost control on each client project.

We have provided services for the private, developer, professional/ corporate, non-profit and public sectors. Services have ranged from interiors to large-scale public projects, urban design and planning studies.

Marina Stankovic Architekten BDA believes in an integrative and participatory planning process, where elements such as contextuality, neighborhood, spatial relationships and aesthetics, as well as material and structural technology and environmental sustainability are vitally important.

Marina Stankovic Architekten BDA involves the entire project team - including client, architect, engineers, construction managers and others - in a creative search for solutions that achieve project goals, satisfy economic requirements and make the most of technical possibilities. Throughout the process, the primary aim is to create value, a sense of identity, and sustainable solutions.

Marina Stankovic has 20 years of experience as an architect and has worked in Canada, Italy, Switzerland, the United States and Germany. Her work has been widely exhibited and published. In 2006 Tobias Jortzick joined the firm as an associate, bringing his passion for a conceptual approach and his expertise for the design of innovative architectural environments.