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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

Location: Berlin, Germany

Year: 2015

Client: Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation

Completed
2015
Client
Prussian Cultural Heritage Foundation
Context plan
Elevation - the geometry sweeps upward from the Neue Nationalgalerie roof alignment
Elevation - the geometry sweeps upward from the Neue Nationalgalerie roof alignment
Primary gallery spaces are located within the upper level, over a transparent groundplane with front of house and social functions
Perforated cladding enables secondary arcing geometry within the facade

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