{"id":36844,"date":"2017-01-23T19:31:04","date_gmt":"2017-01-23T18:31:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/rapperswil-jona-municipal-museum\/"},"modified":"2017-01-23T19:38:51","modified_gmt":"2017-01-23T18:38:51","slug":"rapperswil-jona-municipal-museum","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.area-arch.it\/en\/rapperswil-jona-municipal-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Rapperswil-Jona Municipal Museum"},"content":{"rendered":"

Sandwiched between the parts of the old local-heritage museum comprised of medieval buildings, there is now amediating modern structure, the shape of whose folded outer shell is derived from the openings of the two neighbouring legacy buildings. No change has been made on the northern side, which is important for the overall visual impression of the town.<\/p>\n

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photo by Atelier Dominique Wehrli<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

The new structure now provides the entrance to the museum, including disabled access, along with exhibition areas offering various characteristics. As a new component in the ensemble, \u201cjanus\u201d satisfies all the technical-equipment and functional requirements of a modern, round-the-year museum operation and thus ensures that the legacy buildings have a continuing existence as authentic witnesses of their day and age. The zenith lighting and vertical translucence of the new structure bestow a deliberately large contrast between its internal spaces and those of the old buildings. That facilitates firstly orientation within the complex as a whole and secondly ease of recognition of what is new, making the threshold to the old much more conscious. Stepping into the legacy building thus becomes an eventful journey through time into the past.<\/p>\n