HERTICËT MUSEUM

The building addressed in this proposal is one of the house-schools from the period 1991–1999, located in the Herticët neighborhood of Prishtina. Its condition has remained almost unchanged since the end of the war. A later intervention with a protective roof prevented further deterioration.Its transformation into a museum aims to narrate the period of Kosovar civil resistance and the parallel education system, preserving a rare physical testimony of that time.

Architecture
The project wraps the existing house-school with a new architectural envelope that follows its geometry while maintaining the distance necessary to perceive the historic structure. The addition adapts to orientation, access, and spatial needs, while remaining at the scale of the surrounding neighborhood.The museum is conceived as a dialogue between the preserved house and new spaces. The historic building is structurally reinforced and conserved as the core exhibit, while the new volumes accommodate the functional spaces of the museum.Visitors inevitably pass through the existing house-school, experiencing its atmosphere before entering the new exhibition spaces. The preserved interior retains its traces of time and conflict, while the new spaces are bright, open, and contemporary, creating a strong spatial contrast.The lower floors of the house become the main exhibition, with the ground floor preserved in its post-war state and the first floor restored to its 1990s condition as an underground school. The surrounding volumes contain the entrance, auditorium, exhibition halls, and café, forming a protective architectural frame around the historic structure.

TYPOLOGYMUSEUMLOCATIONPRISHTINA, KOSOVA