New Bauhaus Museum

Weimar

New Bauhaus Museum

Weimar

New Bauhaus Museum

Weimar

Understanding the importance of the Bauhaus movement and its role within German history and culture we consider an important dialogue between education and display. Wanting to make exhibitions accessible and open, whilst protecting delicate artifacts we formed our central concept of two spatial conditions: solid and void.

New Bauhaus Museum

Weimar

Understanding the importance of the Bauhaus movement and its role within German history and culture we consider an important dialogue between education and display. Wanting to make exhibitions accessible and open, whilst protecting delicate artifacts we formed our central concept of two spatial conditions: solid and void.

The solid spaces are used to accommodate the program elements that require protection from intense natural light, mainly the exhibition and storage areas. In contrast, the voids are dedicated to more public access spaces, such as the entrance lobby and the cafeteria.
The exhibition areas also have additional space within the voids, allowing greater flexibility for temporary exhibitions. The resulting program distribution offers a high degree of adaptability and encourages public interaction with the museum.
The location of public spaces (entrance, shop, cafeteria, etc.), semi-public spaces (galleries, workshops, etc.), and private spaces (offices, storage, etc.) has been integrated into the organization of the program in order to encourage relationships and connections between them.

New Bauhaus Museum

Weimar

New Bauhaus Museum

Weimar
Flexibility within the exhibition spaces was a key consideration in planning. Separate access to the basement and first floor exhibitions allow them to be used independently for individual exhitions or they can be connected as part of the main gallery space. To counter the barrier effect caused by the museum’s positioning we propose a direct link from the park level into the public square. A corridor leads through the museum building allowing a glimpse of the exhibition before proceeding into the main plaza. A series of minor entrances encourage the relationship with the plaza and the main museum entrance is located on the key façade along Karl- Liebknecht-Straße.

New Bauhaus Museum

Weimar

New Bauhaus Museum

Weimar