A museum on a route to a Carthusian Monastery.

This project is developed from explorations with sound and stone; it aspires to address the rooted heritage preservation in Florence through a pilgrimage route and monastic museum extension destined to preserve a fragile historical soundscape. The project finds inspiration in the historical significance of bells in shaping identity.

In reminiscence of the quarrying methods employed in Carrara, the intricate Florentine soundscape is translated into meticulously crafted cutting taxonomies. These gestures are used to investigate the potential for sounds to play a primary role in carving an architecture. The project is situated between the noise-imbued Roman gates of the city, and the silent Carthusian monastery in its periphery along Via delle Campora – a deeply symbolic route. The masterplan consists of a museum housing a Death Gallery destined to remove all external stimulation to heighten sensitivity, followed by a Birth Gallery enclosing contemporary works where sounds and daylight are reintroduced. A chapel extends this phenomenological quality while a directory and art conservation workshop complete the programme.