Sauerbruch Hutton: museum for the brandhorst collection, Munich, Germany.Consistent with their trademark use of colour, the exterior of Sauerbruch Hutton's Museum for the Brandhorst Collection will be articulated in three colour zones, analogous to the interior structure of the exhibition galleries. Composed of multiple layers of varying opacity Refers to being "opaque," which means to prevent light from shining through. For example, in an image editing program, the opacity level for some function might range from completely transparent (0) to completely opaque (100). , the appearance of the skin will change when seen from near and far, appearing more uniform for distance, revealing greater subtlety sub·tle·ty n. pl. sub·tle·ties 1. The quality or state of being subtle. 2. Something subtle, especially a nicety of thought or a fine distinction. when approached. Arranged over three floors, connected by a generous stair stair n. 1. A series or flight of steps; a staircase. Often used in the plural. 2. One of a flight of steps. [Middle English, from Old English , the organisation of the building has been designed to create the best possible light conditions for the exhibition spaces. The ground floor galleries will be daylit with zenith zenith, in astronomy, the point in the sky directly overhead; more precisely, it is the point at which the celestial sphere is intersected by an upward extension of a plumb line from the observer's location. light captured by a series of reflectors, while the top floor spaces will have continuous toplight throughout. The architects have sought to create subtle differentiation in the character of the exhibition spaces, through different qualities of daylight and through a deliberate variation in the sequence and dimensions of the rooms. Due to the nature of the collection--a private collection of twentieth-century and contemporary art, mostly paintings--the interiors, it is claimed, will have an almost domestic quality in contrast to the building's more civic exterior; a simple elongated e·lon·gate tr. & intr.v. e·lon·gat·ed, e·lon·gat·ing, e·lon·gates To make or grow longer. adj. or elongated 1. Made longer; extended. 2. Having more length than width; slender. form with an accentuated 'head' that marks the corner of Theresien and Turkenstrasse. It will be completed in 2008. R. G. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] |
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