The development of culture is one of the
highest possible human ideals.
Therefore, in every museum it is not the
exhibition of works that has meaning, but the presence of visitors and their wandering
through and exposure to displays of works that stimulate meaning.
Our project puts the power station on
centre stage, the structure itself enhancing the site through its impressive
scale, its architecture, and its unique brick material. Our created pathway
links together a number of spaces for discovery: the square in front of the
museum, clearings, footpaths outside and above and inside, footpaths traversing
courtyards and exhibition rooms.
The angles and perspectives created by
the rail’s pathway, through the movement within and outside of the structure,
place visitors in a position where they can perceive simultaneously the
container and its contents, the work and nature. They come to participate in
several simultaneous experiences: enjoying the displayed works, being moved by
the beauty of the structure and the city: river, park, buildings.
In its spatial ambition, our project encourages
play and fun, categories largely devalued in the traditional world of art.
Conceived in this way, cultural spaces are liable to attract new types of
visitors.