Committente: Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church

Architectural Design: Claudio Baldisserri (chief architect), Lorenzo Sarti, Silvio D'Amore, Alessandro De Laurentiis.

Foundations and Structural Design: Francesco Ricci, Mario De Lorenzi, Sergio Marchetti.

Hydraulic and Mechanical Design: Contessi

Electrical System Design: Ivan Ceccaroni, Gianni Baldi, Ivan Cedrini.

Quantity and works Survivor: Domenico D'Antuono.

Technical staff: Stefania Bulzoni, Samantha Cicognani, Ottavia Sarti, Valentina Salcuni, Giovanna Saracino, Luisa Saracino, Simone Magagna.

The museum will have precise layout and plan allowing visitors to the museum a unique experience where they will find themselves in an unknown ancient world. It will be a place where treasures, finds, relics and works of art will be restored and brought back to their original beauty and glory. The materials we will seek to generate great impact to visitors. The museum will provide an informative, luxurious, relaxed and comfortable environment for visitors and workers alike.
The location where the museum will be built is in the proximity of Saint Mary's Church and the Cathedral. It will be not far enough as to be out of view from the park. The decision is to build a compact structure along the road. This structure will have its main entrance directly facing the road, the building will be organized in such a way that it would be facing the churches and park.
The structure will consists of 2 sub-components:
- The first one will be a 3 floors structure consisting of a mezzanine that would have show rooms to hosts events.
- The second building, again is a 3 floors building having variable section with the restoration rooms and the offices.
On the roof of this inclined floor with grassy terraces will find place the open air museum where marbled and stoned pieces of art will be exposed.
The intersection between the 2 buildings has a shape of a big square distinguishing in between terraces in different levels until becoming a spectacular public space. This new architectural landscaped space will be a place for calm meditation and contemplation.
The architecture of the building and the texture of walls typifies Axumitan architecture which in turn underlines its basic peculiarities.
The monumental, the cutting, the simplicity and at the same time the complexity of the building materials used (stone and wood) gives the idea of lighteness even if using compact volumetrical mass.