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Instead of ignoring it, the Museum physically connects to it and appropriates it into its own space in order to change its meaning. this empty field is no longer a ‘military’ airfield but an extension of the National Museum’s space. With a sensitive implementation on this site, the National Museum’s roof meets the airfield’s width and expands beyond its own ‘architectural’ boundary towards an ‘infinite space’/ Project Status : Project in Progress to be completed in 2011 / Location : Tartu, Estonia / Dates : Competition won in January 2006 – to be completed in 2011 / Area: 28 000 m2 / Commission Type : Public / Client : Estonian National Museum, Ministry of Culture of Estonia / Program: Museum (Exhibitions spaces, Conference hall, Public Library, Auditoriums, Educational rooms, Offices, Collection Storages)