Project

Bauhaus Museum

Client/location

Bauhaus Foundation / Dessau Germany

Category

[planning]

[architecture]

Year

2015


Competition Entry BAUHAUS PROMENADE THE BAUHAUS MUSEUM SHOULD FORGE A NEW KIND OF ICONOGRAPHY—ONE BASED ON INNOVATIVE BUILDING PERFORMANCE, NOT SIGNATURE FORM—TO COMMAND A SIGNIFICANT PLACE WITHIN THE GLOBAL AND LOCAL LANDSCAPE OF MUSEUM GOERS. WHERE THE BAUHAUS BUILDING IS NORMALLY IDENTIFIED AS THE TORCH BEARER OF A NEW AESTHETICS, THE NEW BAUHAUS MUSEUM SHOULD ACT AS A STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ESTABLISHING ITSELF AS A WORTHY COUNTERPART BY RADICALLY ADDRESSING TWO CARDINAL CHALLENGES FACING CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM DESIGN

Competition Entry BAUHAUS PROMENADE THE BAUHAUS MUSEUM SHOULD FORGE A NEW KIND OF ICONOGRAPHY—ONE BASED ON INNOVATIVE BUILDING PERFORMANCE, NOT SIGNATURE FORM—TO COMMAND A SIGNIFICANT PLACE WITHIN THE GLOBAL AND LOCAL LANDSCAPE OF MUSEUM GOERS. WHERE THE BAUHAUS BUILDING IS NORMALLY IDENTIFIED AS THE TORCH BEARER OF A NEW AESTHETICS, THE NEW BAUHAUS MUSEUM SHOULD ACT AS A STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ESTABLISHING ITSELF AS A WORTHY COUNTERPART BY RADICALLY ADDRESSING TWO CARDINAL CHALLENGES FACING CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM DESIGN

Competition Entry BAUHAUS PROMENADE THE BAUHAUS MUSEUM SHOULD FORGE A NEW KIND OF ICONOGRAPHY—ONE BASED ON INNOVATIVE BUILDING PERFORMANCE, NOT SIGNATURE FORM—TO COMMAND A SIGNIFICANT PLACE WITHIN THE GLOBAL AND LOCAL LANDSCAPE OF MUSEUM GOERS. WHERE THE BAUHAUS BUILDING IS NORMALLY IDENTIFIED AS THE TORCH BEARER OF A NEW AESTHETICS, THE NEW BAUHAUS MUSEUM SHOULD ACT AS A STRATEGIC INFRASTRUCTURE, ESTABLISHING ITSELF AS A WORTHY COUNTERPART BY RADICALLY ADDRESSING TWO CARDINAL CHALLENGES FACING CONTEMPORARY MUSEUM DESIGN

Credits

Credits

with Vladimir Cvejić, Ivana Barandovski & Paolo Conrad Bercah