Architecture of Forgotten Memory

Authors’ Comment

The diploma project proposes a subterranean architectural intervention within the historical complex of Sant’Eustorgio in Milan, designed to expand the museum itinerary while introducing dedicated spaces for conservation and restoration.

This underground extension enhances the museum’s functional capacity without altering the visual identity of the historic ensemble or its surrounding park. The project reimagines the museum not only as a space for exhibition, but also as a site of care and reflection, where the preservation of heritage becomes part of the visitor’s experience. Through this dual role, the intervention supports both public engagement and the quiet work of protecting cultural memory.
Ultimately, by rooting the intervention in the material and symbolic depth of the site, the architecture becomes a mediator between past and present, memory and matter. It does not compete with the visible heritage, but instead deepens its resonance, offering a quiet space where preservation, reflection, and cultural continuity converge. Deepens its resonance, offering a quiet space where preservation, reflection, and cultural continuity converge.