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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. Guggenheim Helsinki Museum in Helsinki, Norway by Jan LedwonDecember 16th, 2014 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Jan Ledwon It was intended to express Scandinavian honesty and openness in the Guggenheim Helsinki Museum building. Simplicity and extraordinary solutions can be found here. Let the building of the Museum be the main gate to the city of Helsinki from the sea. It should be placed according to the urban regulations which shape the new building of the Guggenheim Helsinki Museum.  Image Courtesy © Jan Ledwon
 Image Courtesy © Jan Ledwon While being a visually stimulating object in space, the building should accent the direction towards the old city centre. It was gained by choosing the right site – it means – on the end of the axis of the Baltic ferries. The new Guggenheim Helsinki Museum is not only a bridge between you and art but it also connects PARK located above the site with the travelers giving the opportunity to visit not only the Museum but also to relax after a long trip.  Image Courtesy © Jan Ledwon The building is an automatically and solid repeated composition of open spaces and closed art galleries, giving the opportunity to locate desired functions along the Path of the Art. The building aims to be right background for the art which is meant to be presented there. Almost wholly movable spacial and wall solutions provide the opportunity to fully close the gallery or rather move people’s hearts and make the gallery space vertical divisions turn to the be fully transparent and invisible.  Image Courtesy © Jan Ledwon archi_logistics behind the project: 1. bridge (physically and mentally) 2. solid single composition (shall not be repeated anywhere in the world) 3. free art space (not only in terms of money, rather in terms of space) 4. art (makes you free) 5. Scandinavian traditions (simplicity) 6. timber (interior) 7. copper (exterior) 8. individuality and uniqueness (Helsinki are known for the New Guggenheim Helsinki Museum now)  Image Courtesy © Jan Ledwon Flexibility and simplicity of the space shape the interior and exterior of the space. The art which is being displayed here is not only the main reason for the building but it also shapes the spacial solutions. Contemporary artists can improvise and research factors of the museum space. The building provides flexibility. The building of the Museum breaths art by the smoothly shaped curvature of the floor and the ceiling. It should be described as the main POINT in Helsinki. Artistic dot in space shaped like the curve of painting process.  Image Courtesy © Jan Ledwon  Image Courtesy © Jan Ledwon  Image Courtesy © Jan Ledwon  Image Courtesy © Jan Ledwon  Image Courtesy © Jan Ledwon
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