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Händel Haus
Halle (Saale), Germany
Redesign of the Handel House using HI-MACS®, the material of the future
The
Baroque enters the 21st century with acrylic stone
The legendary composer Georg Friedrich Handel now has
a permanent exhibition dedicated to his musical legacy in his birth town of
Halle an der Saale. This was recently refurbished by the Berlin based
architects Gerhards & Gluecker, who choose the new generation solid surface
material HI-MACS® in Arctic White to add both gravitas and panache to the
project.
If one attempts to display the work of a composer like Georg Friedrich Handel one must first
answer a question - what intangible material will represent the music? "We
want the immateriality of music to respond in physical reality with the
immateriality of light and shadow", say the architects. Light and
shadow play an important role in the architecture of the Baroque period: the
stylish plasticity of this era lives through this interplay.
The exhibition architecture focuses on the typology and atmosphere of
the Baroque house – transported to the here and now. The museum design is
sensitive to the small-scale structure of the House and enters into a creative
dialogue with it. The dominant stylistic device of the Baroque, the play of
light and shadow, has been reinterpreted through the use of the HI-MACS® solid-surface material. The
themed room "Under the Arcadian
Sun" is exemplary of this skilful implementation. Handel’s four-year
sojourn in Italy and the intimate pieces of chamber music that he wrote during
this period are here symbolised through a delicate arch construction made of
HI-MACS®. A floral pattern, whose precise perforation appears
to be playful, has been milled in acrylic stone by the manufacturer Möbel Damm, trained by Klöpfer Surfaces, the distribution
partner of HI-MACS®. This ‘curved pergola’, as it is referred to by the architects,
stands detached from the walls in the room, so that it casts shadows and
contains interactive items documenting the life of the artist. The
interpretation of Baroque ornamentation in the architectural language of the 21st
century allows itself to be skilfully realised through the selection of the
modern material. Because HI-MACS® uses its universal properties - such as
optical seamless processing, thermoforming, simple processing, robustness
coupled with a warm feel and, last but not least, the clean and simple milling
– to enable a new interpretation of Baroque aesthetics.
Instead of the usual
chronological layout, thematic focal points also integrate the other exhibition
rooms and provide visitors with an exciting approach to the life of the
composer. In order to guide the main focus onto the exhibits visually, the
architects superimpose only the
colour HI-MACS® Arctic white and
have all fittings and presentational elements made of the solid-surface
material. They create such spaces, where classic presentational elements such
as frames, pedestals, tables, show-cases and display cabinets are combined with
interactive elements to create complex and harmonious spatial images.
Only the exhibition room which focuses on Handel's time in London
deviates from the concept. Here the walls and floor are a light grey and
original wood furnishings decorate the room. This conscious contrast calls
attention to Handel as a composer and entrepreneur, master of the English
oratorio and citizen of the world. The harpsichord on display stands raised
atop a white pedestal made of HI-MACS®.
Their concept of an outstanding architectural design
for exhibitions has brought success to the architects, as evidenced by the
multiple awards for work, including famous prizes such as the iF communication
design award (2010), best architects (2011), DDC Gute Gestaltung [DDC Good
Design] (2011) and the nomination for the German Design Award (2012).
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT
Location: Halle an der Saale, Germany
Design: Gerhards & Gluecker, Berlin
Fabrication: Möbel Damm - Klöpfer Surfaces
Material: HI-MACS® Arctic White (S06); www.himacs.eu
Photo credits: ©Werner Huthmacher
The
Baroque enters the 21st century with acrylic stone
The legendary composer Georg Friedrich Handel now has
a permanent exhibition dedicated to his musical legacy in his birth town of
Halle an der Saale. This was recently refurbished by the Berlin based
architects Gerhards & Gluecker, who choose the new generation solid surface
material HI-MACS® in Arctic White to add both gravitas and panache to the
project.
If one attempts to display the work of a composer like Georg Friedrich Handel one must first
answer a question - what intangible material will represent the music? "We
want the immateriality of music to respond in physical reality with the
immateriality of light and shadow", say the architects. Light and
shadow play an important role in the architecture of the Baroque period: the
stylish plasticity of this era lives through this interplay.
The exhibition architecture focuses on the typology and atmosphere of
the Baroque house – transported to the here and now. The museum design is
sensitive to the small-scale structure of the House and enters into a creative
dialogue with it. The dominant stylistic device of the Baroque, the play of
light and shadow, has been reinterpreted through the use of the HI-MACS® solid-surface material. The
themed room "Under the Arcadian
Sun" is exemplary of this skilful implementation. Handel’s four-year
sojourn in Italy and the intimate pieces of chamber music that he wrote during
this period are here symbolised through a delicate arch construction made of
HI-MACS®. A floral pattern, whose precise perforation appears
to be playful, has been milled in acrylic stone by the manufacturer Möbel Damm, trained by Klöpfer Surfaces, the distribution
partner of HI-MACS®. This ‘curved pergola’, as it is referred to by the architects,
stands detached from the walls in the room, so that it casts shadows and
contains interactive items documenting the life of the artist. The
interpretation of Baroque ornamentation in the architectural language of the 21st
century allows itself to be skilfully realised through the selection of the
modern material. Because HI-MACS® uses its universal properties - such as
optical seamless processing, thermoforming, simple processing, robustness
coupled with a warm feel and, last but not least, the clean and simple milling
– to enable a new interpretation of Baroque aesthetics.
Instead of the usual
chronological layout, thematic focal points also integrate the other exhibition
rooms and provide visitors with an exciting approach to the life of the
composer. In order to guide the main focus onto the exhibits visually, the
architects superimpose only the
colour HI-MACS® Arctic white and
have all fittings and presentational elements made of the solid-surface
material. They create such spaces, where classic presentational elements such
as frames, pedestals, tables, show-cases and display cabinets are combined with
interactive elements to create complex and harmonious spatial images.
Only the exhibition room which focuses on Handel's time in London
deviates from the concept. Here the walls and floor are a light grey and
original wood furnishings decorate the room. This conscious contrast calls
attention to Handel as a composer and entrepreneur, master of the English
oratorio and citizen of the world. The harpsichord on display stands raised
atop a white pedestal made of HI-MACS®.
Their concept of an outstanding architectural design
for exhibitions has brought success to the architects, as evidenced by the
multiple awards for work, including famous prizes such as the iF communication
design award (2010), best architects (2011), DDC Gute Gestaltung [DDC Good
Design] (2011) and the nomination for the German Design Award (2012).
INFORMATION ABOUT THE PROJECT
Location: Halle an der Saale, Germany
Design: Gerhards & Gluecker, Berlin
Fabrication: Möbel Damm - Klöpfer Surfaces
Material: HI-MACS® Arctic White (S06); www.himacs.eu
Photo credits: ©Werner Huthmacher
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