The Neue Nationalgalerie in Berlin is an icon of the architectural history of the 20th century.
Ludwig Mies van der Rohe planned and implemented the steel and glass building from 1963 to 1968 as his only project in Europe after his emigration to the USA.
After almost fifty years, the listed building needed the intensive use. The existing substance was repaired while preserving the appearance of the building period and upgraded. Modernizations improve accessibility, the handling of art as well as service facilities for visitors such as cloakroom, café and museum shop. Air conditioning, artificial light and safety have become today's technical standards adjusted.
For the extensive renovation of the reinforced concrete structure as well as the complete renewal In order to expose the shell of the building, around 35,000 original components were dismantled, including the natural stone slabs in the base area and all components of the interior fittings. After their restoration and, where necessary, modification, the individual components were returned to their original position.
The focus of the planning process was the appropriate balance of interests between monument protection and use as a modern museum operation. Thereby the unavoidable interventions had to be reconciled with this, as much as original substance as possible. Organizing the indispensable additions subordinate to the design specifications of the building, but are considered contemporary Elements can be read discreetly. The building project was not about a reinterpretation, but about a respectful renovation of a major work of International Modernism.
Call for applications: 2012
Project start: 2012
Completion: 2021
Reopening: 2021
Gross floor area: 13,900 m²
Client: Stiftung Preussischer Kulturbesitz , represented by the Federal Office for Building and Regional Planning.
User: Nationalgalerie – Staatliche Museen zu Berlin
Architect: David Chipperfield Architects , Berlin
Source: David Chipperfield Architects
Photos: Simon Menges
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