Professional Documents
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BuildingTypesI:Museum
1. Chronologicalorder(keymuseums)
2. Spatialthemes
3. Bibliography
Chronologicalorderofkeymuseums
Disclaimer:thehistoryofalargenumberofmuseumsisvastandcomplex(e.g.Louvre,Residenz,
etc.)withmanyinterventions(thatmayormaynotbeofinterest).Therefore,thislistshouldbe
consideredageneraloutlineinsteadofafullydetailedresource.
Louvre
Architects:
RaymondduTemple/PierreLescotandJeanGoujon/PhilibertDelorme/LouisMtezeauand
JacquesIIAndrouetduCerceau/JacquesLemercier/LouisLeVau/GianLorenzoBernini/Claude
Perrault/CharlesdeWailly/CharlesPercierandPierreFranoisLonardFontaine/
FlixDuban/LouisViscontiandHectorLefuel/HectorLefuel/IeohMingPei/J.M.Wilmotte
Year:
DuTemple(13641369)
LescotandGoujon(15461560)
Delorme(15641572)
MtezeauandDuCerceau(15951610)
Lemercier(1639)
LeVau(16601664)
Bernini(1665)
Perrault(16671672)
DeWailly(1793)
PercierandFontaine(18041811)
Duban(18481851)
ViscontiandLefuel(18521857)
Lefuel(18611869)
Pei(19831989)
Wilmotte(20002006)
Location:
Paris(FR)
MuseiCapitolini(PalazzoSenatorio/PalazzodeiConservatori/PalazzoNuovo/Galleria
Congiunzione/Aymoninoswing)
Architects:MichelangeloBuonarroti/CarloAymonino
Year:Buonarroti(15361546,executionoftheplanspanscenturiesopentothepublicin1734)/
PalazzoNuovo(16031654accordingtoBuonarrotisdesign)/Aymonino(19972005)
Location:Rome(IT)
GalleriadegliUffizi
Architect:GiorgioVasari
Year:15601581
Location:Florence(IT)
MnchnerResidenz
Architects:
JacopoStradaandSimonZwitzel/FriedrichSustris/HansKrumper/HenricoZuccalli/Joseph
EffnerandFranoisCuvillistheElder/JohannBaptistGunetzrhainerandFranoisCuvillisthe
Elder/CharlesPierrePuilleandAndresGrtner/KarlvonFischer/LeovonKlenze/FranzJakob
KreuterandAugustvonVoit/FranzSeitz/JuliusHofmann
Year(becamemuseumin1918):
StradaandZwitzel(15681571)
Sustris(15811600)
Krumper(16001616)
Zuccalli(16801685,16931704)
EffnerandCuvillistheElder(17261730,17261737)
GunetzrhainerandCuvillistheElder(17461748,17511755,17601763)
PuilleandGrtner(17991816)
VonFischer(18111825)
VonKlenze(18261842)
KreuterandVonVoit(1854)
Seitz(18661869)
Hofmann(1897)
Location:
Munich(DE)
MenshikovPalace()
Architects:FrancescoFontana,JohannGottfriedSchdel,DomenicoTrezzini,Carlo
BartolomeoRastrelli,GeorgJohannMattarnoviandJeanBaptisteLeblond
Year:17101727
Location:St.Petersburg(RU)
Kunstkamera()
Architect:GeorgJohannMattarnoviandMikhailZemtsov
Year:17191727
Location:SaintPetersburg(RU)
Nationalmuseet
Architect:NicolaiEigtved
Year:(completedbyEigtvedaround17431744)
Location:Copenhagen(DK)
WinterPalace(op)
Architects:DomenicoTrezzini/GeorgJohannMattarnovi/FrancescoBartolomeoRastrelli/Ivan
StarovandGiacomoQuarenghi/CarlodiGiovanniRossi/VasilyStasovandAlexanderBryulov
Year:17541762(constructionofcurrentWinterPalace)
Rastrelli(17541762)
StarovandQuarenghi(178792)
Rossi(1826)
StasovandBryulov(18301840)
Location:St.Petersburg(RU)
(1stWinterPalace:DomenicoTrezzini(17111712),2nd:GeorgJohannMattarnovi,3rd:Francesco
BartolomeoRastrelli(17311735))
SmallHermitage()
Architect:YuriVelten/JeanBaptisteVallindelaMothe/AndreyStackenschneider
Year:Velten(17641766)/VallindelaMothe(17671769)/Stackenschneider(1858)
Location:St.Petersburg(RU)
TheGreat(Old)Hermitage(())
Architect:YuriVelten/GiacomoQuarenghi
Year:Velten(17711787)/Quarenghi(1792)
Location:St.Petersburg(RU)
MuseodelPrado
Architect:JuandeVillanueva/JosRafaelMoneoValls
Year:DeVillanueva(17851854)(opentopublicin1819)/Moneo(20012007)
Location:Madrid(ES)
SirJohnSoanesMuseum(collecting)
Architect:SirJohnSoane
Year:17921837(manyphasesofbuilding/reconstruction,establishedasamuseumin1837)
Location:London(UK)
Glyptothek
Architect:LeovonKlenze
Year:18161830
Location:Munich(DE)
AltesMuseum
Architect:KarlFriedrichSchinkel
Year:18231830
Location:Berlin(DE)
BritishMuseum
Architects:SirRobertSmirke/SydneySmirke/SirJohnTaylor/SirJohnJamesBurnet/John
RussellPope/FosterandPartners/RogersStirkHarbourandPartners
Year:
R.Smirke(~18231853)
S.Smirke(18541857)
Taylor(18821885)
Burnet(1905)
Pope(19311939)
FosterandPartners(19942000)
RogersStirkHarbourandPartners(20092014)
Location:
London(UK)
AltePinakothek
Architects:LeovonKlenze/HansDllgast
Year:18261836(original,VonKlenze)/19521957(reconstruction,Dllgast,duetoseveredamage
WWII)
Location:Munich(DE)
NationalGalleryLondon
Architects:WilliamWilkins/SirJamesPennethorne,SirCharlesBarry,SirJohnTaylor/Robert
VenturiandDeniseScottBrown
Year:
WilliamWilkins(18321838)
Pennethorne(18601861)
Barry(18721876)
Taylor(18841887)
VenturiandScottBrown(19881991)
Location:
London(UK)
ThorvaldsensMuseum
Architect:MichaelGottliebBindesbll
Year:18391848
Location:Copenhagen(DK)
NeuesMuseum
Architects:FriedrichAugustStler(18411866)/DavidChipperfield(renovation,19972009)
Year:18411866(alreadyopentopublicin1855)
Location:Berlin(DE)
NewHermitage()
Architect:LeovonKlenze
Year:18421851
Location:St.Petersburg(RU)
Nationalmuseum
Architect:FriedrichAugustStler
Year:18441866
Location:Stockholm(SE)
Gemldegallerie(Sempergalerie)
Architect:GottfriedSemper
Year:18471854
Location:Dresden(DE)
NationalGalleryEdinburgh
Architect:WilliamHenryPlayfair
Year:18501859
Location:Edinburgh(UK)
WallrafRichartzMuseum
Architects:JosefFelten/RudolfSchwarzandJosefBernard/PeterBusmannandGodfridHaberer/
OswaldMathiasUngers
Year:Felten(18541861)/SchwarzandBernard(19551957)/BusmannandHaberer(19761986)/
Ungers(19962001)
Location:Kln(DE)
MetropolitanMuseumofArt
Architects:CalvertVauxandJacobWreyMould/RichardMorrisHuntandRichardHowlandHunt/
KevinRocheJohnDinkelooandAssociates
Year(opentopublicin1880):
CalvertVauxandJacobWreyMould(18661872)
RichardMorrisHuntandRichardHowlandHunt(1902)
KevinRocheJohnDinkelooandAssociates(19711991)
Location:
NewYorkCity,NY(USA)
AlteNationalgalerie
Architect:FriedrichAugustStler
Year:18671876
Location:Berlin(DE)
Rijksmuseum
Architects:PierreCuypers(18761885)/AntonioCruzVillalnandAntonioOrtizGarca(CruzyOrtiz)
(renovation,20032014)
Year:18761885(opentopublicin1885)
Location:Amsterdam(NL)
NaturhistorischesMuseumWien
Architects:GottfriedSemperandKarlvonHasenauer
Year:18711891
Location:Vienna(AT)
NyCarlsbergGlyptotek
Architect:VilhelmDahlerup/HackKampmann/HenningLarsen
Year:Dahlerup(18801883)/Kampmann(18901895)/Larsen(19911996)
Location:Copenhagen(DK)
HerzogAntonUlrichMuseum
Architects:OskarSommer/LehmannArchitekten
Year:OskarSommer(18831887)/LehmannArchitekten(20082010)
Location:Braunschweig(DE)
ScottishNationalPortraitGallery
Architect:SirRobertRowandAnderson
Year:18851890(opentopublicin1889)
Location:Edinburgh(UK)
BodeMuseum
Architect:ErnstvonIhne
Year:18971904
Location:Berlin(DE)
Mused'Orsay(transformedfromGaredOrsayintoMused'Orsay)
Architects:
Gared'Orsay:LucienMagne,mileBnardandVictorLaloux(consultationcompetition),final
designbyVictorLaloux
Mused'Orsay:M.Bardon,M.ColbocandM.Philippon,GaeAulenti
Year:Laloux(18981900),Bardon,ColbocandPhilippon(19771986),Aulenti(19811986)
Location:Paris(FR)
GalleriaNazionaled'ArteModerna
Architect:CesareBazzani
Year:19101911(expandedoncemorebyBazzaniin1933)
Location:Rome(IT)
PergamonMuseum
Architects:AlfredMesselandLudwigHoffmann
Year:19101930
Location:Berlin(DE)
Note:perhapscompetitionprojectofO.M.Ungersin2000isofinterest
LiljevalchsKonsthall
Architect:CarlBergsten
Year:19141916
Location:Stockholm(SE)
KrllerMllerMuseum
Architects:HenryvandeVelde(19211938,extension1953)/WimQuist(extension,19691977)
Year:19211938
Location:Otterlo(NL)
Interestingdetail:designofVandeVeldewasthewinningentryofacompetitionissuedbythe
coupleKrllerMller.DesignsofBerlage,BehrensandMiesvanderRohewererejected.
PinacotecaVaticana
Architect:LucaBeltrami
Year:19221932
Location:Rome(IT)
KunstmuseumBasel
Architect:RudolfChristandPaulBonatz
Year:19321936
Location:Basel(CH)
LundsKonsthall
Architect:KlasAnshelm
Year:19541957
Location:Lund(SE)
NationalMuseumofWesternArt(KokuritsuSeiyBijutsukan)
Architects:CharlesdouardJeanneretGris(LeCorbusier),KunioMaekawa,JunzoSakakura,
TakamasaYoshizaka
Year:19571959
Location:Tokyo(JP)
GuggenheimMuseum
Architect:FrankLloydWright
Year:19561959
Location:NewYorkCity,NY(USA)
AmonCarterMuseumofAmericanArt
Architect:PhilipJohnson
Year:19591961
Location:FortWorth,Texas(USA)
NeueNationalgalerieBerlin
Architect:MiesvanderRohe
Year:19621968
Location:Berlin(DE)
WhitneyMuseumofAmericanArt
Architects:MarcelBreuer,HamiltonSmith
Year:19631966
Location:NewYorkCity,NY(USA)
KimbellArtMuseum
Architect:LouisI.Kahn
Year:19661972
Location:FortWorth,Texas(USA)
YaleCenterforBritishArt
Architect:LouisI.Kahn
Year:19691974(openedin1977tothegeneralpublic)
Location:NewHaven,Connecticut(USA)
MuseumAbteibergMnchengladbach
Architect:HansHollein
Year:19721982
Location:Mnchengladbach(DE)
NeuePinakothek
Architects:FriedrichvonGrtnerandAugustvonVoit/AlexanderRaimundFreiherrvonBranca
Year:18461853(original,destroyedbuilding)/19751981(newbuildingbyFreiherrvonBranca)
Location:Munich(DE)
MuseodeArteRomano
Architect:JosRafaelMoneoValls
Year:19811985
Location:Mrida(ES)
MuseumfrModerneKunst
Architect:HansHollein
Year:19871991
Location:FrankfurtamMain(DE)
Bonnefantenmuseum
Architect:AldoRossi
Year:19921995
Location:Maastricht(NL)
Addendum#1:MuseumsinselBerlin(thinkofcurrentalterationsinMasterPlanMuseumsinselof
Chipperfield)
1.AltesMuseum
Architect:KarlFriedrichSchinkel
Year:18231830
Location:Berlin(DE)
2.NeuesMuseum
Architects:FriedrichAugustStler(18411866)/DavidChipperfield(renovation,19972009)
Year:18411866(alreadyopentopublicin1855)
Location:Berlin(DE)
3.AlteNationalgalerie
Architect:FriedrichAugustStler
Year:18671876
Location:Berlin(DE)
4.BodeMuseum
Architect:ErnstvonIhne
Year:18971904
Location:Berlin(DE)
5.PergamonMuseum
Architects:AlfredMesselandLudwigHoffmann
Year:19101930
Location:Berlin(DE)
Note:perhapscompetitionprojectofO.M.Ungersin2000isofinterest
Addendum#2:HermitageSt.Petersburg(,)
1.WinterPalace()
Architects:DomenicoTrezzini/GeorgJohannMattarnovi/FrancescoBartolomeoRastrelli/
IvanStarovandGiacomoQuarenghi/CarlodiGiovanniRossi/VasilyStasovandAlexander
Bryulov
Year:17541762(constructionofcurrentWinterPalace)
Rastrelli(17541762)
StarovandQuarenghi(178792)
Rossi(1826)
StasovandBryulov(18301840)
Location:St.Petersburg(RU)
(1stWinterPalace:DomenicoTrezzini(17111712),2nd:GeorgJohannMattarnovi,3rd:
FrancescoBartolomeoRastrelli(17311735))
2.SmallHermitage()
Architect:YuriVelten/JeanBaptisteVallindelaMothe/AndreyStackenschneider
Year:Velten(17641766)/VallindelaMothe(17671769)/Stackenschneider(1858)
Location:St.Petersburg(RU)
3.TheGreat(Old)Hermitage(())
Architect:YuriVelten/GiacomoQuarenghi
Year:Velten(17711787)/Quarenghi(1792)
Location:St.Petersburg(RU)
4.MenshikovPalace()
Architects:FrancescoFontana,JohannGottfriedSchdel,DomenicoTrezzini,Carlo
BartolomeoRastrelli,GeorgJohannMattarnoviandJeanBaptisteLeblond
Year:17101727
Location:St.Petersburg(RU)
5.HermitageTheatre()
Architect:GiacomoQuarenghi
Year:17831787
Location:St.Petersburg(RU)
6.GeneralStaffBuilding()
Architect:CarlodiGiovanniRossi
Year:18201830
Location:St.Petersburg(RU)
7.NewHermitage()
Architect:LeovonKlenze
Year:18421851
Location:St.Petersburg(RU)
Addendum#3:PaperarchitecturefromtheFrenchNeoClassicists
Firstgeneration:Blondel,Boffrand,LeGeay,...
Secondgeneration:Ledoux,Lequeu,Boulle,...
Thirdgeneration:Durand,...
MuseumJ.N.L.Durand.
MuseumE.L.Boulle.
Addendum#4(curiosum):
MuzeumWarszawy(formerMuzeumHistorycznem.st.Warszawy)
Architects:unknown
Year:originaldatesunknown(museumestablishedin1936)
Location:Warsaw(PL)
Spatialthemes
ParalleltothedescriptionofthechronologicaldevelopmentoftheMuseumasapublicbuildingtypea
numberofspatialthemesshallbeexplored.Thethemestobedistilledmayillustrateconstantsinthe
formationofthetypeaswellastransformationsaccordingtochangingideasregardingitsnature.
AselectionofMuseawillbedrawnandanalyzedinordertodescribeformalprinciples,specificaswellas
typicalregardingtheMuseumasabuildingtype.Thecomparative(typomorphological)analysiswillinclude
thefollowingaspects(nonlimited):
1context:
urban/landscapemorphologyandtopography,plotstructure,access
2exterior:
volumetriccomposition,thresholds,compositionofthefacade(representation)
3interior:
primaryconstruction,publicrouting,spatialandfunctionalorganisation(presentation),
spatialcomposition:proportion,hierarchy,sequence,etc.
Spatialthemes(impulse):
elementsofthespatialstructure:
_corridor
_rotunda
_enfilade
etc.
spatialorganization/structure:
_singular,undirectedrooms
_directedsequencesofrooms
_matrixlikearrangementofrooms
_freeparcours
_Raumplan
_openplan
_etc.
seealso:
PaulvonNarediRainer:MuseumBuildings(2004)
archplus179,O.M.UngersArchitekturlehre(2006)
ORDER3
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