{"id":24265,"date":"2014-07-25T21:01:46","date_gmt":"2014-07-25T19:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/museo-del-desierto-de-atacama-2\/"},"modified":"2016-02-29T18:23:31","modified_gmt":"2016-02-29T17:23:31","slug":"museo-del-desierto-de-atacama","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/museo-del-desierto-de-atacama\/","title":{"rendered":"Museo del desierto de Atacama"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Atacama Desert museum is located at the foot of the Huanchaca Ruins, South of Antofagasta in North Chile. Inside the museum there are 5 rooms to house the permanent collection, 2 dedicated to the geological eras of the Atacama desert, 2 to the extraction industry and to the first inhabitants of the area, and finally one dedicated to the universe, donated by the observatory of Southern Europe. The North access houses a large hall, which leads to the Huanchaca room, a space dedicated to temporary exhibitions that generates a special rapport with the ruins, thanks to a wide fracture allowing glimpses of them from inside the museum. Three patios contribute to climatically controlling the museum: the North-South one allows the public to relate to the institute\u2019s conservation work; through sliding glass walls, the second patio permits enlarging and connecting the auditorium hall, which can accommodate about one hundred people, with the cafeteria and washrooms. This operation converts these elements of the museum into intermediate spaces, which transform the rigorous structure into spacious, airy areas.<\/p>\n