Future Systems’ last ever project, the €14 million Enzo Ferrari Museum, finally opened in Modena this week, three years after the death of its Czech architect Jan

Kaplicky.

Originally won in competition in 2004, the 3,300sq m building is inspired by the bonnet of a 1960s Ferrari. It takes the form of a streamlined yellow shell, constructed

with double-curved aluminium planks, punctured by a series of 10 north-lights modelled on the cars’ air intake vents.

Overseen by Andrea Morgante, formerly Kaplicky’s right-hand man and now director of Shiro Studio, the publicly-funded building swells around the old house and

workshop of the car company’s founder – which has also been refurbished as an exhibition space as part of the project.

The roof covers an undulating white landscape, with room to display up to 21 cars, while the story of Modena’s car manufacturing history is displayed in white leather

cases along the walls.

“Jan was all about cars, boats and aeroplanes,” said Morgante. “This is the perfect brief for the architectural language of Future Systems, and I hope the building has

stayed as true to Jan’s spirit as possible.”