Modern architecture for The Neue National Gallery in Berlin (1968)
November 13th, 2008 - Posted in Modern architecture, Residential architectureThe Neue National Gallery in Berlin (1968), will be leading the work of German architect, Mies van der Rohe. A building in which patents are clearly legible and the tenets and how to work the architect, and where the concept of “less is more” becomes absolute sense.
This building was a new way of thinking and understand a museum and left the building closed composed of many theme rooms, to generate a large open space, glass, versatile and permeable, perhaps a lot more with the ADOC Modern Art that passion to Mies.
At first I thought the building to house the collection of art of the twentieth century Berlin, but it ended becoming one of the most important buildings of the new cultural center that was created at that time in Kemperplatz, where also lies the famous Philharmonic.
The building stands out as a large structure or cover 64.8 square meters long, sustained support for 8 on its perimeter, 2 on each side, but in which the corners are left free, so the building becomes much frivolity. Has 2 levels, the first (of access) includes the main hall and venue for exhibitions, the lower houses the permanent collection.
Is located in a large plaza surrounded by sculptures of the size of Calder for example. This large plaza is also different levels, which are worked with great skill and sobriety, where a small operation breaks the monotony.
Understand the building becomes a relatively simple thing first, maybe for his radicalism and conceptual clarity, however a more detailed look lets you see your great complexity. The structure is a clear example of this complexity, complexity which is given by Rare pieces or sophisticated, but, paradoxically, lies in its simplicity.
The material becomes key issue. Steel is working with absolute nobility, and the elements are no longer merely something constructive and turn into something great deal higher. It is clearly legible another tenet of Mies and is that good architecture lies in the quality of the details, which abound in this building …
Another aspect that my name is enough attention to visit is the module as the top computer, as this governs the entire building, from its large scale, the smallest detail-building - covered - support - closing, however with the addition that is not presented as a building block, but quite flexible.
The Neue National Gallery, is in a fairly central position in Berlin, a short walk from the Philharmonic and the Potsdamer Platz, so visit it is quite easy and accessible, and very recommendable.
