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Architects: Shigeru Ban Architects
- Area: 11330 m²
- Year: 2010
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Manufacturers: Alucobond
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Acoustics: Commins Acoustics workshop, Daniel Commins
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Lighting: L’Observatoire 1, Icon, Geroges Berne, Anthony Perrot, Remy Cimadevilla, Akari-Lisa Ishii
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MEP: Ove Arup & Partners, GEC Ingénierie, Philippe Vivier, René Andrian, Emmanuelle Danisi, Florence Collier, James Whelan, Chris Moore
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Timber Roof Structural Analysis: SJB, Franz Tshuemperlin, Samuel Keller
Text description provided by the architects. My first thoughts when beginning the design were two recent phenomena concerning art museums throughout the world today. The first trend, which has become widely known as the “Bilbao Effect”, was born from the Guggenheim Museum in Bilbao, Spain, designed by Frank O. Gehry and completed in 1998. The strategy was to create sculptural architecture in an internationally unknown city to draw tourism, and it was ultimately a success. But there is an opinion that this kind of architecture spoils its functionality by disregarding the concerns of artists and staff, to produce a personal monument resulting in poor conditions for displaying and viewing art.
