{"id":11889,"date":"2014-10-01T19:31:09","date_gmt":"2014-10-01T17:31:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/stadel-museum-extension-2\/"},"modified":"2015-07-09T16:29:01","modified_gmt":"2015-07-09T14:29:01","slug":"stadel-museum-extension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/stadel-museum-extension\/","title":{"rendered":"St\u00e4del Museum Extension"},"content":{"rendered":"

The new building adjoins the garden wing completed at the start of the 20th century\u00a0and itself the first extension of the original museum building, which was built on\u00a0Frankfurt\u2019s Schaumainkai in 1878. In contrast to any of the extension work carried out\u00a0to date, the new section of the museum will not be above ground; the generous new\u00a0space planned by schneider+schumacher will be located beneath the St\u00e4del garden.
\nThe new exhibition space will be accessed via a central axis from the main entrance\u00a0on the museum\u2019s river side. By opening the two tympanums to the right and left of the\u00a0museum\u2019s main entrance foyer, visitors will be able to reach the Metzler Foyer level.
\nA staircase will then lead from this area down into the 3,000-square-meter museum\u00a0extension beneath the garden. The garden halls\u2019 interior the will be characterized by\u00a0the elegantly curved, seemingly weightless ceiling, spanning the entire exhibition\u00a0space. 195 circular skylights varying between 1.5 and 2.5 meters in diameter will flood the space below with natural light as well as form a captivating pattern in the\u00a0garden area above. Outside, the green, dome-like protrusions, which visitors will be able to walk across, will lend the St\u00e4del garden a unique look and create a new\u00a0architectural hallmark for the museum. \u201cFrankfurt will not only gain a new, unique\u00a0exhibition building,\u201d declared the competition jury, \u201cbut as a \u2018green building\u2019 it will also\u00a0be very much abreast of its times.\u201d The generously spacious, light-flooded garden\u00a0halls will be the new home of the contemporary art section of the museum\u2019s collection.<\/p>\n