Museum Folkwang, Essen, Germany
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| Museum Folkwang | |
| Designer | David Chipperfield Architects, London, England, United Kingdom |
| Location | Essen, Germany |
| Date | 2007 to 2010 |
| Building Type | Museum |
| Climate | Cold Temperate |
| Context | Urban |
| Architectural Style | Modern |
| Builder | Pühl und Becker Ingenieurberatung VBI; Seroneit und Schneider GmbH |
| Street Address | Goethestrasse Walk Score |
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| Building Details | |
| Client | Neubau Museum Folkwang Essen GmbH on behalf of the Alfried Krupp von Bohlen und Halbach-Stiftung |
| Area | 24,800 square meters |
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"Folkwang Museum is a breathtakingly accomplished design. Located in Essen, in the far from rural Ruhr, it extends a beautiful late-1950s Miesian museum, developing the principles established by the existing structure, much as a jazz musician might riff on the tune of a classic song. The result is a genuinely uplifting, light-filled public space, offering a serene and yet mesmeric mixture of inward-looking courtyards and external views out.
Its external cladding is of large panels of crushed recycled glass, giving a shimmering translucent finish. Inside, carefully detailed top-lighting systems in the galleries blend natural and artificial light. In the large, flexible temporary exhibition space, they have co-ordinated the lighting grid with a bespoke partitioning system than can easily be assembled and remounted to meet the requirements for each show." -- RIBA
[edit] Project Credits
- Architect: David Chipperiield Architects
- Structural Engineer: Ingenieurberatu ng Puehl and Becker VBI Seroneit and Schneider GmbH; Giesen-Gi|Ihoff-Loomans GbR, BBT Engineers
- Services Engineer: Arup
- Lighting Engineer: KonTec Fassadenberatung, Pazdera AG
- Facade Consultant: Planungsbuero Meinholf Hesse
- Landscape Architect Photography: Christian Richters
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- "David Chipperfield - Royal Gold Medal" by Deborah Saunt, ArchitectureWeek No. 495, 2010.1020, pN1.1.
[edit] External Links
- Museum Folkwang at RIBA Awards site
