Atelier ST
Göttingen Art Gallery
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public buildings
Place
Göttingen, Germany
Studio
Photos
Simone Bossi
Description
The closed, layered and
clearly shaped building volume, with a horizontal plaster structure, evokes a
stack of books or paper. Regionally characteristic details and geometries of
the historic buildings of Göttingen were transformed into an independent
architecture for the outer appearance of the «Kunsthaus». It becomes recognisable
as a museum of graphic design and book art. On the ground floor, the foyer is
conceived as a link between the public street space, museum and courtyard. The
support-free solid reinforced concrete structure allows for a maximum of flexibility
in the arrangement of different exhibition concepts on all floors of the
building. An almost forgotten historical craft technique was chosen for the
design of the outer skin – combed modelling plaster. Its horizontal texture is
a reference to the works on paper that are primarily exhibited in this gallery.