Kasr El Said was the Palace of the Tunisia beys. The Project intends to restore the palace to its ancient magnificence and to turn it into a new historical museum of Tunisia, covering the period of ottoman conquest to independence in 1964. ARS Progetti carried out the complex design of conservation measures, adaptation, new extension structures, museum organization and exhibition, visitors’ services, internal rearrangement.The objectives are the following:· to ensure the complementarity of the 2 Museums Bardo and Ksar Said;· to restore and highlight Ksar Said Palace as historical monument, including the decorations, releasing it from the following addings;· to re-organize the existing spaces and setting up of new spaces within the building in order to meet the requirements of the museum-graphic functions;· to work out a project that can be open to scenarios of realization through different functional steps, taking into consideration the various technical, environmental and financial constraints.
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