Little more than a decade after it first opened in 2010, the Maxxi museum in Rome—Italy’s national museum of contemporary art and architecture—is launching an ambitious project to build new museum spaces, become more sustainable and regenerate its neighbourhood.The Grande Maxxi project was presented on 10 February by Giovanna Melandri, the president of the Maxxi Foundation, the project coordinator Margherita Guccione and the secretary general of the Maxxi Foundation Pietro Barrera, together with the Italian culture minister Dario Franceschini, the minister of sustainable infrastructure and mobility Enrico Giovannini and the minister of defence Lorenzo Guerini.Grande Maxxi will see the creation of the Maxxi Hub, a new sustainable and multi-purpose building across two floors, including a research and development centre for collaborations between art, architecture and science,…
Rome’s Maxxi museum unveils plans for new R&D centre, green spaces and solar energy
