Museum of the 20th Century, Berlin
The proposal reconciled concepts of constraint zwang and freedom freiheit, extending the critical alignments of Mies van der Rohe’s Neue Nationalgalerie, transforming these embedded geometries with arcs in plan and section. In contrast to the abstract, rectilinear materiality of it’s neighbour, the proposal incorporated textural bronze perforated cladding and set the structure on a landscape podium.
Project team:
Andrew Burns, Jonathon Donnelly
Landscape Architect: Turf Design
Modelmaker: Make Models
Tags: Competition, Cultural, Urban Setting
Location: Berlin, Germany
Year: 2015
Client: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
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Context plan
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Curvature enables a subtle shifting of volumes, resulting in outdoor terraces and dramatic cantilevers
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Elevation - the geometry sweeps upward from the Neue Nationalgalerie roof alignment
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Primary gallery spaces are located within the upper level, over a transparent groundplane with front of house and social functions
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Perforated cladding enables secondary arcing geometry within the facade
