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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. Military History Museum in Dresden, Germany by Architekt Daniel Libeskind AGAugust 9th, 2011 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Architekt Daniel Libeskind AG The central theme of the Military History Museum is the human being: those who went into the war and those who have remained at home; people of different eras and people of different generations. SDL is working with SIB Staatsbetrieb Saechsisches Immobilien und Baumanagement. The project is expected to be completed in 2011.  Images Courtesy Bitter Bredt Fotografie
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 Images Courtesy SDL The Military History Museum will become the official central museum of the German Armed Forces and will house an exhibition area amounting to around 20,000 square meters, becoming Germany’s largest museum. A 140 ton wedge of glass, concrete and steel will intersect the 135 years old original museum building. The 30 meter high viewing platform at the peak of the wedge will be the highlight of the new extension, providing breathtaking views of Dresden.  Images Courtesy SDL Daniel Libeskind designed the new extension by cutting a wedge through the structural order of the arsenal, giving the museum a place for reflection about organized violence. This wedge creats an objective view to the continuity of military conflicts and opens up vistas to central anthropological questioning.  Images Courtesy SDL The new extension gives a fundamental re-orientation to the existing building. It opens up the view to the historical center of Dresden. The wedge soars above the roof of the existing building, creating an image of modernization to the outside world and offering the opportunity to experience the opening to the city.  Images Courtesy SDL The new façade is being conceived against the background of the existing building, in response and contrast to it. The openness and transparency of the new façade stands against the opacity and solidity of the old façade. As one represents the severity of the authoritarian past in which it was built, the other reflects the openness of a democratic society and the changed role of its military. In the new elevation of the Museum both are visible at the same time and one through the other. This correlation corresponds to the juxtaposition of new and old in the building’s interior; the rigid column grid of the old Arsenal is contrasted with a new column of free space. The interplay of both together forms the character of the new Military History Museum.  Images Courtesy SDL  Images Courtesy SDL  Images Courtesy Bitter Bredt Fotografie  Images Courtesy Bitter Bredt Fotografie  Images Courtesy Bitter Bredt Fotografie  Images Courtesy Bitter Bredt Fotografie  Images Courtesy Bitter Bredt Fotografie  Images Courtesy Bitter Bredt Fotografie  Images Courtesy Bitter Bredt Fotografie
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