Hace pocas semanas que se ha inagurado la ampliación del museo de arte de Tel Aviv diseñado por el arquitecto Preston Scott Cohen.
WEB DEL MUSEO: http://www.tamuseum.com/
ESTUDIO DE
ARQUITECTURA: http://www.pscohen.com/
ARQUITECTO: Preston
Scott Cohen
Información del estudio:
Located in the center of the city's cultural complex,
the program for the Tel Aviv Museum of Art Amir Building posed an extraordinary
architectural challenge: to resolve the tension between the tight,
idiosyncratic triangular site and the museum's need for a series of large,
neutral rectangular galleries. The solution: subtly twisting geometric surfaces
(hyperbolic parabolas) that connect the disparate angles between the galleries
and the context while refracting natural light into the deepest recesses of the
half buried building.
The building represents an unusual synthesis of two
opposing paradigms for the contemporary museum: the museum of neutral white
boxes and the museum of architectural spectacle. Individual, rectangular
galleries are organized around the "Lightfall", an eighty-seven foot
tall spiraling atrium. The building is composed according to multiple axes that
deviate significantly from floor to floor. In essence, it is a series of
independent plans and steel structural systems stacked one atop the other,
connected by geometric episodes of vertical circulation.
The new building refers to the original building in
such a way that the two can be seen as having a family resemblance. At the same
time, it relates to a larger tradition of the new that exists within Israeli
architectural culture. The multiple vocabularies of Mendelsohn and Bauhaus
Modernism in Tel Aviv are re-synthesized in an architectural language that is
internationalist and progressive in its cultural orientation.
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Imágenes del exterior:
Imágenes del proceso constructivo:
Planos y detalles constructivos:
Datos del proyecto:
Client: Motti Omer, Director and Chief Curator
Project Team: Preston Scott Cohen, Inc., Cambridge, MA, Preston
Scott Cohen (Design); Amit Nemlich (Project Architect); Tobias Nolte, Steven
Christensen, Guy Nahum, Gjergj Bakallbashi, Bohsung Kong (Project Assistants);
Models: Jonathan Lott (Lightfall); Isamu Kanda (Massing in Situ); Renderings:
Chris Hoxie (Exterior, Lightfall); Agito Design Studios (Lobby and Gallery
Views); Competition Project Team: Scott Cohen, Cameron Wu, Andrew Saunders,
Janny Baek; Competition Consultants: Ove Arup and Partners, Caroline
Fitzgerald, Tom Dawes, Mark Walsh-Cooke (Structural and MEP); Hanscomb Faithful
and Gould (Cost Estimator) Project Schedule: First Prize Winner in the
Herta and Paul Amir International Competition, 2003; Design Development and
Construction Documents, 2005-2007; Construction, 2007-2010
Project Budget: $55,000,000
Program: 200,000 sq. ft (18,500 m2) includes Galleries of Israeli Art,
Architecture and Design, Drawings and Prints, Temporary Exhibitions;
Photography Study Center and Archives; Multidisciplinary Auditorium; Seminar
and Conference Rooms; Art Library; Restaurant; Administrative Offices; Loading,
Unpacking and Storage.
General Contractor: Hezkelevitch Engineering
Project Consultants:
Project Management: CPM Construction Management Ltd.;
Structural Engineers: YSS Consulting Engineers Ltd., Dani Shacham, Principal;
HVAC: M. Doron - I. Shahar and Co., Consulting Eng. Ltd.; Lighting: Tillotson
Design Associates, New York; Accessibility: Michael Roitman; Acoustics: M.G.
Acistical Consultants Ltd.; Alluminum: Landman; Auditorium: David Braslavi;
Cost Estimation: Gamzo; Electrical: U. Brener - A. Fattal Electrical and
Systems Engineering Ltd.; Elevators: ESL- Eng. S. Lustig - Consulting Engineers
Ltd.; Food Services: Zonnenstein; Maintenance: Valtman; Multi-media: Gera Yoav;
Public Shelter: K.A.M.N; Safety: S. Netanel Engineers Ltd.; Sanitation: Gruber
Art System Engineering Ltd.; Security: H.M.T., Tel Aviv; Soil: David David;
Survey: B. Gattenyu; Traffic: Dagesh Engineering, Traffic and Road Design Ltd.;
Waterproofing: Bittelman; Photography: Iwan Baan, Ohad Malaton, Amit Geron
La imagen de la cabecera es una de las imágenes del interior del museo, habría que visitarlo antes, pero las tomas fotográficas muestran un interior bastante sugerente con el juego de los diferentes pliegues y aperturas que se dan en el patio central iluminado con luz natural. El juego con las cuatro texturas empleadas, enfatiza la profundidad de cada una de las aperturas que se van dando en cada planta. Del exterior ya no podemos decir lo mismo, los pliegos poco forzado y la textura repetitiva no aún queriendo, no muestran el mismo lenguaje que el interior. De igual forma, es un lenguaje que se repite con gran asiduidad, aunque diferente me recuerda a la fachada de la rehabilitación del MUSEO ABC de Madrid (http://carlesfaus.blogspot.com/2011/09/museo-abc.html). También hay que juzgar la morfología que le otorgan los diferentes equipamientos al espacio donde se construye la ampliación, la forma triangular que se queda le confiere a la intervención mayor dificultad, ya que aunque no se aprecia con suficiente claridad (Aunque parece mentira, nunca había sobrevolado Israel con Google Maps [http://g.co/maps/x5x4x], y la verdad que la resolución de las imágenes es nefasta, al igual que no dispone de Google Street Maps, tendrán su razones políticas para no implantarlo) la nueva construcción debe preservar la comunicación con los diversos espacios públicos que se generan en las inmediaciones de cada uno de los equipamientos que conforman esa macromanzana.
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