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Reconfiguration of the museum entrance
Reconfiguration of the museum entrance
Saint Pölten, Austria
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Reconfiguration of the museum entrance
Saint Pölten, Austria
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2010
SIZE
25,000 sqft - 100,000 sqft
For the new design, the existing architecture created by Hans Hollein has been reflected in its sculptural language and in terms of materiality and scale. The impressive and strong vertical wave ("Welle") with its potent, skewed pillars is now juxtaposed by a lank, horizontal structure made of Corten steel. The new design, while making the entrance area clear and legible, also creates a sculptural counterpoint to the wave. The movement of the wave sculpture is taken over by the polygonal folded steel roof and anchors itself at the end of the water pavilion’s porch-roof, on the right of the forecourt. The steel roof is constructed of folded plates and seems to float above the entrance, combining the heterogenous parts of the building by simultaneously forming a cramp and marking it monumentally as a gate. The foyer was re-designed functionally, too.
It now contains all the necessary infrastructure, such as a visitor desk, the museum shop, the entrance desk and a coffee shop next to the entrance itself, while conveying openness and giving space for those waiting and watching. Additionally, on the upper floor, right above the foyer, a new exhibition space could be realized. In summer, the glass front of the foyer can be fully opened and then forms a direct link between the garden and the forecourt, which nevertheless allows for people who do not want to visit the museum, to just hang around and enjoy the garden or the coffee shop.
It now contains all the necessary infrastructure, such as a visitor desk, the museum shop, the entrance desk and a coffee shop next to the entrance itself, while conveying openness and giving space for those waiting and watching. Additionally, on the upper floor, right above the foyer, a new exhibition space could be realized. In summer, the glass front of the foyer can be fully opened and then forms a direct link between the garden and the forecourt, which nevertheless allows for people who do not want to visit the museum, to just hang around and enjoy the garden or the coffee shop.
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