{"id":26108,"date":"2014-07-11T16:55:18","date_gmt":"2014-07-11T14:55:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/stiftung-insel-hombroich-museum-2\/"},"modified":"2016-04-08T10:15:51","modified_gmt":"2016-04-08T08:15:51","slug":"stiftung-insel-hombroich-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/stiftung-insel-hombroich-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"stiftung insel hombroich museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Poetic is \u00c1lvaro Siza\u2019s idea of nature and so is his project placed into the landscape.\u00a0 Arriving at the Raketenstation of Insel Hombroich, first there is only the roof of the building visible. A well staged way leads the visitor through earth walls to the main entrance. Entering the museum, someone can reach after a turn the main space, that shows with a spectacular view the main intention of the building. All rooms are orientated around a center court, that offers a framed view to the landscape and the skyline of D\u00fcsseldorf. On an arm-like extension of the building is the volume that hosts the photo-collection and gives even more tension to the ensemble. The exterior walls are covered with the same irregular type of brick like the existing buildings of the foundation, it\u2019s a recovered brick from old houses. Solid oak beams sustain the roof and at the same moment are the visible ceiling of the one-story height building. The floor is a little above the surrounding fields, not to loose the contact to the environment. The flat volume shows with its low windows and not very high rooms a horizontal dimension and its relation to the landscape. The floor is built with oak boards, the walls are white. The almost white Portuguese limestone is used for the restrooms, the entrance building and the windowsills.<\/p>\n