Guggenheim Museum Helsinki

Referring to the Port of Helsinki, a simple module reminding of a shipping container is the basis for Guggenheim Helsinki to go global. Picture: Wallmüller. © Kimmerle, Wallmüller
Referring to the Port of Helsinki, a simple module reminding of a shipping container is the basis for Guggenheim Helsinki to go global. Picture: Wallmüller. © Kimmerle, Wallmüller

A Local Museum Going Global

02.12.2014

If Guggenheim is a global player, the new Guggenheim museum in Helsinki shall go global as well to spread ideas around the world

The proposed project for the Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki should above all respect the local conditions, but at the same time spread out ideas around the globe. This intention of combining the local and the global scale should be articulated architecturally.
   Therefore a simple module reminding of a shipping container would be the basis for the proposed project. The Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki concentrates those modules in one building and sends out modular boxes around the world in order to export exhibitions and ideas.

   The Urban Context
   The site is mainly characterised by the location on the South Harbour in Helsinki. The new Guggenheim Museum in Helsinki should therefore perfectly integrate and respect the harbour's daily business. In order to distract the existing as little as possible the museum as assemblage of container like boxes has been put to the site like a temporary construction. Satellite boxes are spread out on the site as further gallery and workshop spaces. The design of the exterior spaces is kept as neutral as possible and should represent spatial generosity. The link from the pedestrian deck to the site is done by big stairs similar to an arena facing the Guggenheim Museum.

   The Project
   The main characteristics of the proposed design is the assemblage of modules. Basically there are two types of modules: the art- and the light box. The art boxes can be assembled to bigger exhibition spaces. The light boxes are put onto the art boxes and bring indirect natural light to the art galleries. The boxes are added to a four level high building with an overall height of 30m.
   A transparent ground floor is meant to be as public as possible and accommodates all the public functions like restaurant or retail. The exhibition spaces are on the three upper levels, the event zone on level three and the offices on level four. The building has beside three main cores an alternative circulation by stairs leading like a promenade trough the museum. A big atrium from the basement to level four represents the multipurpose zone. The museum opens up to the city of Helsinki via large terraces.
   The modular construction of the museum is done by steel framing. For larger spans over big exhibition spaces, the light boxes serve as bearing structure. The materiality of the cladding is reduced to five major materials: white metal facade, fritted glass, as well as building integrated photovoltaics, transparent glass for the art boxes and translucent glass for the light boxes.

   Sustainability
   The simplicity of the module is the basis for a sustainable project. So the elements for the construction can be optimized, prefabricated, assembled in an efficient way, as well as dismounted in the future. The combination of art- and light boxes enhances furthermore the passive solutions for a low energy consumption. The art boxes are compact and well insulated in order to keep the warm temperature inside the building during the winter. The light boxes bring indirect light into the building and reduce therefore the cooling energy during summer. The design provides the use of renewable energy sources such as biomass for heating, building integrated photovoltaics and heat recovery of warm temperature from the light boxes.

Kurzinfo
Museum inkl. Ausstellungs- und Veranstaltungsräumen, Büros, Werkstätten, Shop, Restaurant, Café

Status
Offener, weltweiter Wettbewerb, 2014

Größe
11.150m² NGF

Ort
Helsinki (FI)

Auslober
Solomon R. Guggenheim Foundation

Architektur
Entwufsteam: Christina Kimmerle, Fabian Wallmüller

Webtipp
www.sueddeutsche.de



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