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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. Museum Folkwang in Essen, Germany by Zaha Hadid ArchitectMarch 2nd, 2012 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Zaha Hadid Architect This project pursued two main objectives: creating generous exhibition spaces directly connected to the existing museum building and integrating the museum and the neighbouring KWI institute into a creative campus. Our strategy organized the organic integration of exterior and interior spaces through a concept of ramification.  Museum Folkwang
 Museum Folkwang We extended the existing east wing northwards and split it several times to form new branches in three different directions, which create a three-dimensional fabric of interior and exterior spaces. The highest wing bends to the north-east, marks the entrance and creates a protected forecourt. A second arm crosses the site diagonally and closes off the forecourt towards the west, whilst a third wing creates a garden court towards the south opposite the existing building.  Museum Folkwang This concept of ramification is continued inside the building to organize the connections to the different departments of the museum. From the existing building, the flow of movement is split in four directions: straight on to the department of photography and the poster museum, crossing the foyer as a bridge leading to the temporary exhibition hall, stepping down into the foyer as a grand stair continuing the exterior landscape and as a further stair leading up to the spaces of the painting and sculpture collections.  Museum Folkwang This node also forms the main vertical circulation for visitors from the foyer to the different departments. The transparent foyer connects the forecourt with the garden court, creating a generous public space which can also be kept open when the actual museum spaces are closed.  Museum Folkwang  Museum Folkwang  Museum Folkwang  Museum Folkwang
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