Neue Staatsgalerie
TheNeue StaatsgalerieinStuttgart,Germany,was designed by the British firmJames Stirling,Michael Wilford and Associates, although largely accredited solely to partnerJames Stirling.It was constructed between 1979 and 1984. The building has been claimed as theepitomeofPost-modernism.
Description[edit]
The new gallery occupies a site next to the oldStaatsgalerie.A car park is located below the building. The building incorporates warm, natural elements of travertine and sandstone in classical forms, to contrast with the industrial pieces of green steel framing system and the bright pink and blue steel handrails. The architect intended to unite the monumental with the informal.[1]
The building's most prominent feature is a central open-top rotunda. This outdoor, enclosed space houses the sculpture garden. It is circumnavigated by a public footpath and ramp that leads pedestrians through the site. This feature allows the public to reach the higher elevation behind the museum from the lower front of the building's main face.[1]
History[edit]
The Neue Staatsgalerie was designed after Stirling and Wilford won a limited entry competition in 1977. It was constructed between 1979 and 1984.[1]Located next-door to Stuttgart'sAlte Staatsgalerie,the design echoed the neoclassical design of the older building. Elements also alluded to Stirling's earlier, unbuilt designs, as well as making reference to theAltes Museumin Berlin, theGuggenheim Museumin New York and thePantheonin Rome.[1]
By uniting Modernist elements with overt Classicism, architectural critic Charles Jencks claims the gallery "epitomized the first stage ofPost-Modernismin much the way theVilla SavoyeandBarcelona Pavilionsummarized earlyModernism".[2]
See also[edit]
References[edit]
- ^abcdvon Naredi-Rainer, Paul; Hilger, Oliver (2004),Museum Buildings: A Design Manual,Basel:Birkhäuser,pp. 70–72,ISBN3-7643-6580-3
- ^Jencks, Charles (2002),The New Paradigm in Architecture: The Language of Post-Modernism,Yale University Press,p. 110,ISBN978-0300095135
External links[edit]
- Official website, German
- Website Great Buildings
- Website Great Buildings - Neue Staatsgalerie (Digital 3D Model)
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