Revised Plans for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts

Current planning status for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, fall 2018. Façade, north entrance, Scharounplatz: The largely glass façade facing Sharounplatz is welcoming and connects the museum with the surrounding urban space. © Herzog & de Meuron

Current planning status for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, fall 2018. South façade, Sigismundstraße: One-storey-high gates on the south side of the museum serve as delivery entrances. A sloped wall lets additional light into the lower level and a narrow window on the top floor offers a view of the neighbouring Neue Nationalgalerie. — Current planning status for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, fall 2018. South façade, Sigismundstraße: One-storey-high gates on the south side of the museum serve as delivery entrances. A sloped wall lets additional light into the lower level and a narr © Herzog & de Meuron

Current planning status for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, fall 2018. Façade, east entrance, Potsdamer Straße: During the day the large gates mounted on the east façade open. They extend the entire height of the façade and can be used to announce exhibitions. — Current planning status for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, fall 2018. Façade, east entrance, Potsdamer Straße: During the day the large gates mounted on the east façade open. They extend the entire height of the façade and can be used to announce ex © Herzog & de Meuron

Current planning status for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, fall 2018. North entrance on Scharounplatz: Here the broad gabled façade opens towards the Berliner Philharmonie and Chamber Music Hall and permits views of the Piazzetta. A variety of functions are united behind this gabled front, including the museum shop, café, media hall, exhibition space and entrance. The spacious freestanding stairway to the multipurpose hall can be used for concerts, talks or informal meetings. — Current planning status for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, fall 2018. North entrance on Scharounplatz: Here the broad gabled façade opens towards the Berliner Philharmonie and Chamber Music Hall and permits views of the Piazzetta. A variety of function © Herzog & de Meuron

Herzog & de Meuron Present Revised Plans for the Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts

09.10.2018
Kulturforum

The Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts to be erected at the Kulturforum will not only be a captivating work of architecture but also a building that meets the complex requirements of a museum. The structure created in the coming years will open itself further to its surroundings than originally planned while also more intensively expanding the concept of networking. This is evident in the finalised preliminary designs that are now being presented by the architectural offices of Herzog & de Meuron.

Three distinctive features of the competition design remain central: the building’s form, its interior intersecting boulevards and its light-permeated façade of glass and brick. Accessibility has also been increased through the addition of new entrances and views into its interior, resulting in a strong interplay between the museum structure and the surrounding urban space. Through this 360-degree interactivity with its environs the museum becomes a key integrative element at the Kulturforum.

The architects have been working on the design together with the Nationalgalerie for a period of months. Decisions have included laying out the museum’s four floors. Three of them will be open to the public and offer space not only for various exhibitions but also for art education, work with groups, visitor services, a multifunctional media room, and restaurant services. The internal areas of the museum will house storage, conservation, offices and technical facilities.

Design planning is to be completed in summer 2019, after which the building permit will be secured. The ground-breaking ceremony is scheduled for late 2019.

Current plans will be on display in a small exhibition in the foyer of the Kulturforum as of November 2018.