| Architect |
Foster + Partners |
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Date Built |
Completion
2013 |
| Location |
Luisenstraße 33 |
| Description |
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    The Foster + Partners
website explains that, "...
Following an analysis of the
existing buildings, a wing dating
from the 1970s was removed and
replaced with a new building, with
two floors of galleries, which
unifies the historical elements
along Richard-Wagner-Strasse.
Conceived as a ‘jewel box’ for the
gallery’s treasures, the new wing is
clad in aluminium-copper-alloy tubes
whose colour complements the villa’s
rich ochre render. Inside, a
sequence of galleries displays the
museum’s renowned collection of
paintings by the
early-twentieth-century group, Der
Blaue Reiter, echoing the domestic
scale of their original setting. As
many of these works were painted en
plein air, indirect natural light is
drawn into the upper-level galleries
to create the ideal conditions for
their display."
 "Circulation
through the building has been
completely redefined, beginning with
a new entrance sequence via a piazza
to the east of the museum, which has
allowed the historic courtyard to be
reinstated as a tranquil garden. A
restaurant with an open-air terrace
extends into the piazza, to enliven
the surrounding area. The social
heart of the building is the
three-storey lobby, from where
visitors access the temporary
exhibition space on the ground floor
and the upper-level galleries. ....
 ..... Clearly
articulating the old within the new,
this top-lit volume embraces the
exterior wall of the villa and
incorporates a large-scale
installation by the Danish-Icelandic
artist, Olafur Eliasson, which
refracts sunlight from a slender
clerestory window to cast dynamic
patterns of light and shade."
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Lenbachhaus,
Munich, Germany
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