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A New and Larger Musée Unterlinden 12Nd December 2015 A new and larger musée Unterlinden 12nd December 2015 The Unterlinden Museum Expansion Project (Summer 2012 – December 2015) The Musée Unterlinden is currently at work on an innovative reinstallation of its collections, which also involves a considerable expansion of its exhibition space, designed by the renowned architecture practice Herzog & de Meuron, and the Monuments Historiques for the renovation work in the former convent. The former convent and Colmar’s municipal baths are being refurbished and redesigned for the installation of the museum’s collection of ancient art as well as areas to accommodate special events, while a new, copper-sheathed brick building will house its modern and contemporary art collections on two levels, with a third devoted to temporary exhibitions. An underground gallery connecting the former convent to the new structure will feature a panoramic survey of art from the 19th and early 20th centuries. Design team The museum is currently in the midst of a major renovation and expansion project, to be completed by the end of December 2015 and designed by the world-renowned architecture practice Herzog & de Meuron, in collaboration with the senior heritage architect Richard Duplat, whose practice is listed with Monuments Historiques, the French government commission for the protection of historical monuments. Honoured with the Pritzker Architecture Prize in 2001, Herzog & de Meuron’s achievements include the celebrated “Bird’s Nest” stadium built for the 2008 Beijing Olympics, the Tate Modern in London, the Park Avenue Armory Unveils Restored Board of Officers Room in New York (2013), the Pérez Art Museum in Miami (2014). The project The extension project for the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar encompasses two ensembles facing each other across the future Unterlinden Square: on one side, the medieval cloister with the chapel currently housing Grünewald’s Isenheim Altarpiece and, on the other, as its counterpart, a new wing similar to the chapel in volume which, together with the former municipal baths buildings, form a second courtyard on the other side of the Unterlinden Square. Between the two, a house marks the museum’s presence in the city. Linking the convent with the new wing is an underground gallery comprising three successive exhibition rooms passing through this little house. The latter’s generous window space offers a view of the Unterlinden Square and vice versa. The refurbishing of the Square is an important part of the extension project. The intention here is not to impose a modernist or contemporary architectural intervention but rather, to partially recreate the city’s original historic fabric such as the reopening of the Sinn Canal which will bring back an axis of symmetry between the two ensembles of buildings. Hence, it is from the Unterlinden Square that one enters the museum’s ensemble as well as the new boutique and the internal distribution. The convent’s facade composed of elements dating from different periods, is to be handled unobtrusively and precisely. The existing museum within the cloister as well as the chapel, representing a current exhibition surface area of 3,300 m2 will be updated to comply with contemporary safety standards. This work is carried out in close collaboration with the French national heritage, also responsible for the restoration. The new wing, similar in volume to the Dominican convent chapel, brings to mind but does not imitate Archaic architecture. Its broken brick facades enable the recreation of a rough texture that integrates Musée Unterlinden, Colmar (Alsace) - France 2 the building into its historic context at the heart of Colmar. Roofing and gable rake are to be in copper. The small house on the square is planned in the same materials. The new wing’s three-storied building, specifically intended to hold temporary exhibitions and the 20th- and 21st-century collections, increases the exhibition surface by 1,400 m2. Its openings frame specific views of the city, thus orienting viewers and punctuating the space with natural light. These windows are a transformation between a rectangular form on the inside and an ogival one on the outside. The first floor features a connection between the former pool and the new wing, with the space of the former pool to serve as both an events venue and a space for art installations that do not require climatic control. This will turn the pool into an attraction pole for the people of Colmar, who will use and visit the space during a variety of events. Meanwhile, the courtyard facades, originally hidden by the secondary function of the municipal baths, are to be renovated in a historic perspective. The former pool’s ground floor will provide the Tourist Office with new representative spaces offering direct access to the Unterlinden Square facing the museum’s main entrance. The former municipal baths’ administrative offices, to be delicately renovated, will house the museum offices and those of the Société Schongauer. Our project brings together three dimensions in a close and logical association: the urban, the museographic and the architectural. The Unterlinden Museum, in terms of both its architecture and its content, is part of the city’s history. We have set out to make that relationship manifest in a novel architectural synthesis able to project the museum into the future. Herzog & de Meuron, 2011 Musée Unterlinden, Colmar (Alsace) - France 3 The musée Unterlinden 2015 The Musée Unterlinden is currently at work on an innovative reinstallation of its collections, which also involves a considerable expansion of its exhibition space. Designed by the renowned architecture practice Herzog & de Meuron, in association with Monuments Historiques, the French government commission for the preservation of historic buildings, this project offers the museum new facilities fully in keeping with its unique status among cultural institutions. The former convent and Colmar’s municipal baths are being refurbished and redesigned for the installation of the museum’s collection of ancient art as well as areas to accommodate special events, while a new, copper-sheathed brick building will house its modern and contemporary art collections on two levels, with a third devoted to temporary exhibitions. An underground gallery connecting the former convent to the new structure will feature a presentation of the museum’s history as well as a panoramic survey of art from the 19th and early 20th centuries. New visit Musée Unterlinden, Colmar (Alsace) - France 4 Cloister New entrance, musée Unterlinden, Colmar © Herzog & de Meuron New reception facilities are offered for the benefit and comfort of the museum’s visitors (cloakroom, welcoming station for orientation and guidance, group instruction room, museumshop). Archaeological artifacts Visitors exploring the museum’s collection of archaeological artefacts learn about the various phases of human evolution through objects used in everyday life or for funerary rites. Among the most important pieces exhibited are an exceptionally rare iron dagger, a torque and a remarkable bracelet in gold that had belonged to a Celtic prince, and a Romanera mosaic. Art of the Middle Ages and the Renaissance The museum’s permanent collections of medieval and Renaissance art offer visitors the opportunity to explore the multiple facets of Germanic art in depth, including painted panels, sculptures, tapestries, silver and gold pieces, stained-glass windows, etc. Masterpieces as the Melancholy (1532) by Lucas Cranach the Elder and the Portrait of a Woman (c. 1510) by Hans Holbein the Elder, illustrate the ways in which human beings and their perceptions of the world around them became central in the art of this period. Musée Unterlinden, Colmar (Alsace) - France 5 Decorative arts / Folk art and traditions Among the museum’s decorative art holdings on view in this section are an exceptional group of objects in faience and porcelain produced in eastern France, treasures in silver and gold as well as remarkable hunting and military weapons. The museum’s collection of folk art and traditions presents the Alsatian way of life, including its culinary traditions and the art of winemaking in Colmar, the wine capital of Alsace, with a wine cellar and wine presses. Chapel The Isenheim Altarpiece The museum is home to one of the masterpieces of Western art, the Isenheim Altarpiece (with painted panels by Grünewald and sculptures by Nicolas de Haguenau) executed between 1512 and 1516 for the monastery of the Antonite order in Isenheim, a village south of Colmar. This religious institution had a hospice on the premises where the monks ministered to victims of Saint Anthony’s fire, a disfiguring disease now called ergotism caused by the ingestion of rye infected with ergot. Visitors are always deeply affected by this altarpiece as much due to the expressiveness of its figures (Crucifixion) as its modernity (Concert of Angels). The choir of the convent’s chapel is entirely dedicated to the Isenheim Altarpiece. In the tribune gallery, multimedia tools are offered to help visitors fully grasp the iconography and the context in which the Isenheim Altarpiece was commissioned. Musée Unterlinden, Colmar (Alsace) - France 6 Isenheim Altarpiece, chapel, musée Unterlinden © Herzog & de Meuron Musée Unterlinden, Colmar (Alsace) - France 7 Gallery This gallery connecting the former convent to the new structure is divided into three exhibition spaces presenting the museum’s history as well as its collections of art from the nineteenth
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