Guggenheim Artistic Foundry Museum Part 2 Project 2024 Andreea Maxim Nottingham Trent University | UK Set within Venice, this new museum’s programme is intertwined with the owners and client the Guggenheim family. Just as the Guggenheims left a mark on Venice through their patronage of the arts, this museum seeks to respond to their legacy through the exhibition and study of the art of metalworking.The museum aims to simultaneously be a space for presentation and production. A foundry where visitors can observe and participate in the craft of forming objects in metal. The building is purposefully rugged, made of strong masonry, resisting fire and able to take the patina of smoke and flame. At the core of the building lies the furnace, a crucible where raw materials are transformed into molten possibilities. Amidst the flames and the pounding of hammer and anvil, artisans transform metal, shaping it with skills gained over centuries, and passing these skills along to future generations.The spanning structures are made from metals formed into wrought iron trusses, die cast nodes, forged plates, rolled beam sections. The building is thermally massive to absorb and re-emit the heat of the processes. The objective is not merely to present the finished pieces, but to invite the viewer into the process itself. Tutor(s) Kenneth Fraser