Guggenheim Museum by Attitude Architecture

Guggenheim Museum
Guggenheim Museum
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The Guggenheim Museum will be one of the landmarks of Helsinki and Europe, occupying a privileged position, in the South Harbor. Guggenheim Museums have become synonymous with iconic architectural objects which create great points of magnetism within the cities and redefine the existing hierarchies.

Guggenheim Museum
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The local background calls for a building that fits in the context, but also claims the deed of conveyance of a symbolic piece. The creative process starts from the symbiosis between the new building and the city. Helsinki will host a Guggenheim Museum, while the building itself will earn its specificity and uniqueness from the context.

Guggenheim Museum
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The principle of inclusion bonds the two parts in such a way that the museum will be an exhibit within the city, while elements of the city will become parts of the permanent exhibition spaces within the museum.

Guggenheim Museum
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The permeability and transparency of the building contribute to an authentic spatial dialogue: much of the content of the museum belongs to the city, while the urban life is transposed inside. The simultaneous perception of the galleries and of the city landmarks offers a holistic experience.

Guggenheim Museum
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Visitors build up a gradual sense of the external context while strolling through the museum’s glazed atrium. They recompose the surroundings from fragments as they perceive several overlapped layers: art, architecture, culture, nature, history. At the same time, the see-through character of the atrium lures people inside.

Guggenheim Museum
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The building exudes a harbor silhouette inspired by the local tradition in boat manufacturing. Oriented towards the sea, it embodies the upsurge of Finnish civilization and its openness towards the future. Moreover, it becomes a symbolic sculpture in a city which is also known as the Daughter of the Baltic.

Guggenheim Museum
Image Courtesy of Ion Calugaru

The image of three superposed volumes breaks down the mass but also signals the superposition of functions and the passage from public space to gallery. The waterfront façade is set into motion and takes the massive building back to a human scale. The sloped canvas unifies the exhibition spaces and the atrium and flows from the city to the sea. Source by Attitude Architecture.

Guggenheim Museum
Concept

Location: Helsinki, Finland
Architect: Attitude Architecture
Project Team: Ion Calugaru, Stefan Nita-Erdely-Harko, Razvan Ambarus, Dan Androne, Victor Dachin, Alina Gaiu, Diana Neamtu, Catalin Gherman, George Dinu
Year: 2014
Images: Courtesy of  Ion Calugaru

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