Lecture
Santiago, 18th of July 2011

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Neues Museum-Berlin
Restoration, repair and intervention

by Rik Nys (David Chipperfield architects)

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Collaboration

Organization & Coordination

Aurora Armental Ruiz
Stefano Ciurlo Walker

Programme

The Neues Museum on Berlin’s Museum Island was designed by Friedrich August Stüler and built between 1841 and 1859. Extensive bombing during the Second World War left the building in ruins, with entire sections missing completely and others severely damaged. In 1997, David Chipperfield Architects – with Julian Harrap – won the international competition for the rebuilding of the Neues Museum.

The key aim of the project was to re-complete the original volume, and encompassed the repair and restoration of the parts that remained after the destruction of the Second World War. The original sequence of rooms was restored with new building sections that create continuity with the existing structure. The archaeological restoration followed the guidelines of the Charter of Venice, respecting the historical structure in its different states of preservation. All the gaps in the existing structure were filled in without competing with the existing structure in terms of brightness and surface. The restoration and repair of the existing is driven by the idea that the original structure should be emphasized in its spatial context and original materiality – the new reflects the lost without imitating it.

In October 2009, the Neues Museum reopened to the public, exhibiting the collections of the Egyptian Museum and the Museum of Pre and Early History. It was awarded the Mies van der Rohe Award, European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture in 2011.

The open lecture event will describe the project for the restoration of the museum, focusing on the methodology and theoretical approaches to restoration, repair and intervention.

Idioma de impartición

Inglés (con traducción resumen).

Ponente

Rik Nys

Rik Nys was born in Belgium. Trained in the Higher Institute of Arts and Sciences in Ghent, at the Katholieke Universiteit Leuven and the Architectural Association in London. He has taught at the School of Architecture at Cambridge University and at London Metropolitan University. He has been visiting professor at the Federico II University in Naples and the Henry van de Velde Higher Institute of Architectural Sciences in Antwerp. His academic research, entitled "Cultural Sustainability in Historic City Centers" focuses on case studies. Nys writes for art and architectural publications, and lectures of design, architecture and urbanism around Europe and Latin America. He has recently rejoined David Chipperfield Architects after working with Chipperfield for many years.

Calendario y lugar

Monday 18th of July, from 18:00 to 20:00.

Centro Galego de Arte Contemporánea
Valle Inclán, s/n
Santiago de Compostela

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