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Depot And Administration Ruhr Museum

Depot And Administration Ruhr Museum
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DEPOT AND ADMINISTRATION RUHR MUSEUM

Ahlbrecht Felix Scheidt Kasprusch

PHOTOGRAPHS
Deimel & Wittmar

AREA
1850.0 m2

YEAR
2010

LOCATION
Essen, Germany

CATEGORY
Museum

Text description provided by architect.

An extreme restraint for all structural addition within the context of the world heritage – the colliery of Zollverein with all architectural qualities and inestimable historic values – is indicated.

Depot And Administration Ruhr Museum
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Depot And Administration Ruhr Museum
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The course of the design for the new depot of the Ruhr Museum was based on serenity and mastery.

Clear geometry and decreased material selection were ways and methods for the design.

Depot And Administration Ruhr Museum
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Depot And Administration Ruhr Museum
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On the one hand, the building is positioned into the correct context, on the other hand it abstracts and sublimates this context.

The new building fits into the orthogonal structure and proportion of Zollverein Xll and adopts the stringent geometry of the existing buildings, but transports the design principles into a clear minimalist form.

Depot And Administration Ruhr Museum
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Depot And Administration Ruhr Museum
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The clear surface structure of the building, which appears monolithic, indicates the interior function.

The large-scale exposed concrete and glas surfaces with their pure product quality advance the puristic and rational appearance of Zollverein.

Depot And Administration Ruhr Museum
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Depot And Administration Ruhr Museum
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The depot for grafic and archaeology is situated on the ground floor. The depository for photographs and its laboratory form a spatial entity on the first floor.

The administration of the Ruhr Museum is housed on the second and third floor. The library, as the administration’s focus, is accessible by connecting stairs by all office.

Depot And Administration Ruhr Museum
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