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Mercedes Benz Museum by UN Studio

architeria — Fri, 13 Aug 2010 04:07:18 +0000

The Mercedes Benz Museum building stands directly outside the main gate of the Daimler factory in Stuttgart, designed by dutch architects UN Studio. It is based on a unique cloverleaf concept using three overlapping circles with the center removed to form a triangular atrium. The building’s height and “double helix” interior were designed to maximise space, providing 16,500 square metres of exhibition space on a footprint of just 4,800 square metres. The museum contains more than 160 vehicles, some dating back to the very earliest days of the motor engine. Previously, the museum was housed in a dedicated building within the factory complex and visitors had in recent decades been transported from the main gate by a secured shuttle. – Photos by Michael Schnell.

Architecture Design of Nanjing Art Museum by KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten

architeria — Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:48:59 +0000

The Nanjing Art Museum built in 10,605 sqm site area situated in cultural center of Nanjing and in the immediate proximity of the historical Presidential Palace of today’s provincial capital. This new Jiangsu Provincial Art Museum is one of the most important museums in south-east China. It has space for temporary exhibitions and houses a permanent collection featuring traditional Chinese art, which illustrates the cultural wealth of Nanjing – one of the oldest cities in southern China. The sizeable collection is kept in archive rooms in the Museum, which meet today’s techni- cal and strict conservation requirements. Having previously designed the National Li- brary of China in Beijing, the German company KSP Jürgen Engel Architekten has now completed its second significant cultural building in China.

The travertine natural stone facing with its narrow window indentations obscures the sheer number of storeys and as such reinforces the overall monolithic impression of the museum building. Simultaneously, the alternation between vertical stone panels and window slits with sheet metal jutting out at the sides creates rhythm in the façade. The structural frame and the delicate construction of the glass roof were developed in collaboration with Stuttgart-based German engineers Breuninger. The eye-catching new museum, which won first prize in a competition in 2006, takes up a several urban references from its deeply historical location. The main entrance faces the main city square, Daxing Gong Shi Min Square. In addition, the two structures of the Museum that stand at slight angles to one another follow the two flanking thor- oughfares: Zhongshan (or Revolution) Road, and Changjiang (or Culture) Road.

The two interlocking u-shaped buildings also create a space that is covered with a light glass roof. This 17-meter high access area, which narrows at its two main entrances, links the two stone halves of the building and guides visitors into the Museum.In the northern building, clear exhibition rooms of varying sizes offer ideal conditions for presenting the works of art. Two bridges spanning the glass-covered intermediate space connect the exhibition area with the southern element. In addition to training, conference and office space, this building also contains the VIP area and the auditorium with seating for around 400 people.

Architecture Jeju Provincial Art Museum Building by Gansam Architects & Associates

architeria — Fri, 15 Jan 2010 03:58:23 +0000

The Jeju Provincial Art Museum located in Jeju Island South Korea and designed by Seoul based architects Gansam Architects & Associates. This museum building created accentuates the surrounding natural environment through material selection and carefully designed views to the exterior, made of concrete and local stone. The colonnade on the north and west façade frames the sky and transitions between interior and exterior. The program of the museum is planned for research, conservation, exhibition and education.The geometry is based off of the simplistic module of the cube, replicating this form within and out to frame both art and the natural beauty surrounding the museum.

Architecture Design of Benozzo Gozzoli Museum in Italy by Massimo Mariani

architeria — Tue, 15 Dec 2009 05:58:04 +0000

The Benozzo Gozzoli Museum located in south-west of Florence Italy and designed by Massimo Mariani Studio. This museum designed for Comune di Castelfiorentino with 400 square meters total area. The building, due to its small size, retains something domestic; it is conceived like a home-studio where Benozzo Gozzoli, surrounded by his students, seems to join us while we’re looking at these frescoes and he’s still working on them.

The building is rooted to the ground through a functional island-shaped base which solves the problem of urban furnishing meant in the classical sense. The curvilinear base takes over the space around the building and, at the same time, people take over a little of the museum’s space: the base becomes a bench, a play area for children and adults, a theatre for small outdoor events.

The building had to be entirely coated with cotto; in this way, it refers to materials and finishes of some of the local churches. Inside, the museum is spread over 4 floors, three above ground and one underground. The ground floor is partly characterized by a low ceiling: a shaded area which quickly runs to the full-height space where the “Tabernacolo della Visitazione” is placed. This is illuminated by a cascade of natural light coming from the skylight in the ceiling.

On the first floor, recessed into the corner-wall, we find the “Tabernacolo della Madonna della Tosse” which looks like a television screen. The staircase linking the floors, becomes a kind of visual path which frames the Tabernacles (now lacking their original context), according to new and constantly changing perspectives. It stops on the first floor, and then starts again on the opposite side thus reaching a room on the second floor, a naturally suitable space for small exhibitions and educational workshops.