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Louvre Lens | SANAA

Louvre Lens | SANAA

01:12 01 July in Architecture, Museum
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07-01-2016:ArchDaily: The choice of placing the museum on a former mine illustrates the intent of the museum to participate in the conversion of the mining area, while retaining the richness of its industrial past. The Louvre-Lens site is located on 20 hectares of wasteland that was once a major coal mine and has since been taken over by nature since its closing in 1960. The land presents some slight elevation, the result of excess fill from the mine…Read More!

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