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Art Museum,
Duisburg, Germany,
Herzog & De Meuron
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| The galleries are calm and meditative, with simple white walls and cool stone floors. Some daylight is admitted through a handful of carefully positioned glazed strips which supplement levels of predominantly artificial illumination. | |
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Existing
windows in the part of the warehouse housing the galleries have been
sealed up using bricks of the same color and texture of the original
walls which have been thoroughly cleaned and repaired. This muting of the facade heightens the building's monolithic, elemental character and gives the new elements a singular and surprising intensity. |
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'Herzog & De Meuron's strategy of intervention and renewal seeks to respect both the building and its contents. The Grothe Collection has a handsome new home with all the technical and cultural amenities of a modern art museum and the Kuppersmuhle has acquired a dynamic new lease of life. The revived building also makes a contribution to Diusburg's wider urban regeneration. As its industrial relics are gradually reclaimed for new uses, the heart of the city grows stronger.'
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