Betile Museum
Mediterranean Museum of Nuragic and Contemporary Art: An Alternative Site? At first we were disappointed about the location the client had chosen – a bit out-of-the-way and right next to not so attractive football stadium Sant’Elia and the council housing Sant’Elia. We therefore tried to find an alternative site on the nearby mole or on one of the piers in the Bay of Cagliari. We felt that the new museum should link past and present, complement the existing urban topography of Cagliari and establish a concrete spatial relationship to the city. A New Landscape for Cagliari An alternative site was not an option for the client, however, because one important objective of the new museum is to revitalise the slightly rundown neighbourhood. This is certainly an interesting consideration, both culturally and politically, and it has proven extremely successful elsewhere, in London, for example, where Tate Modern has exerted a positive influence on the entire Southwark neighbourhood.
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