OMA: Museum of Contemporary Art, Riga, Latvia.The new 16 000sqm Museum of Contemporary Art in Riga Riga (rē`gə), city (1992 est. pop. 901,700), capital of Latvia, on the Daugava (Western Dvina) River near its entry into the Gulf of Riga. A major Baltic port, it is also a rail junction, a military base, and an industrial and cultural center. , Latvia, designed by OMA (1) See Object Management Architecture. (2) (Open Mobile Alliance Ltd., La Jolla, CA, www.openmobilealliance.org) An organization formed in June of 2002 by the consolidation of the WAP Forum group and the Open Mobile Architecture Initiative. (Rem Koolhaas Remment Koolhaas (born November 17 1944 in Rotterdam) is a Dutch architect, architectural theorist, urbanist and "Professor in Practice of Architecture and Urban Design" at the Graduate School of Design at Harvard University, USA. and Reinier de Graaf), will provide a new cultural focus serving as an exciting multi-functional centre for contemporary culture. Hosting seminars, concerts and theatrical performances, it will also house international exhibitions and a permanent collection of contemporary Baltic art. On the site of a former power plant in the port city of Riga, the scheme will preserve and incorporate many original features of the existing building that dates back to 1905. A new 4000sqm exhibition hall will wrap around the perimeter The boundary of a system or network, which defines the inside and outside. It is typically determined by firewalls and addresses. See DMZ. of the old building, while other museum functions such as the library, lecture hall lecture hall n → sala de conferencias; (UNIV) → aula lecture hall lecture n → amphithéâtre m , cafe, administration, and artist workshops will be contained inside the original structure. The museum is part of a larger cultural initiative undertaken by the Latvian Government and the state agency 'New Three Brothers'. In addition to OMA's design for the museum, the initiative includes the construction of a new concert hall and national library. The museum is expected to open in 2011. R.G. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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