Beschreibung
The recently opened Porsche Museum in Zuffenhausen, at the entrance to the city of Stuttgart, is exceptional in three respects: for its architecture, its construction and its urban design. In its form, use of technology and dynamic elegance the design reflects the qualities of the traditional automobile brand. A 160 metre long exhibition element rests on three concrete cores, which enable the smooth structure to float with apparent ease above the level of the ground floor. Upon entering the building the visitor is drawn onto a sunken entrance plateau, effortlessly crossing the threshold between the everyday world and the white Porsche experience. The graphic design concept of Mevis and Van Deursen enables the reader of this book to share with the visitor the sense of moving through the museum. The photography of Iwan Baan guides him visually around and through the building. While the first part of the book relies on pure black and white photography the second part uses texts and plans to illuminate the technical and constructional aspects of the project. This is a book for anyone interested in the architecture of the Porsche Museum. At the same time it is in itself an object crafted according to the same principles.
Autorenporträt
DMAA Delugan Meissl Associated Architects was founded in Vienna in 1993 by Elke Meissl and Roman Delugan. The office, which now has a team of 20, became DMAA Delugan Meissl Associated Architects in 2004 upon the naming of Dietmar Feistel, Martin Josst and Christopher Schweiger as partners. Professor HG Merz, established offices in Stuttgart in 1981 and Berlin in1993. He is an architect and museum designer and teaches experimental design at the Technical University of Darmstadt. Alongside museum and exhibition design he specialises in working with historic buildings. Liquid Frontiers, Vienna was founded in 2000 by Sabine Dreher and Christian Muhr. The Liquid Frontiers label operates as an independent platform for the creation of exhibitions and publications in the areas of art, architecture and design. Annette Bögle, born 1968, studied civil engineering. She worked as an engineer while holding a number of teaching posts. 2001-04 Curator of the exhibition "Leicht Weit - Light Structures" in the German Architecture Museum in Frankfurt. 2004 Doctorate "Aspects of the Morphology of Complex Building Forms". Since 2004, Academic Assistant, Institute of Concrete Structures, Technical University of Berlin. Kari Jormakka, born 1959, studied architecture und philosophy at the University of Otaniemi in Finland. In 1993 he was appointed as a Professor in the area of Architectural Theory at Tampere University of Technology. Since 1998 he has headed the Institute for Architectural Theory at the Technical University of Vienna. Bettina Köhler, born 1959, studied art history, classical archaeology and urban design in Bonn and Strasbourg. 1996-2003 Assistant Professor of the History and Theory of Architecture at the ETH Zurich. Since 2003 Professor for The History of Art and Culture in the Institute of Fashion Design, FHNW, Technical High School for Art and Design, Basel. Wolfgang Pauser, born 1959, studied philosophy, history of art and law in Vienna. He is a self employed essayist focussing on consumer and everyday culture, fine art, design and architecture and acts as a consultant in the area of strategic brand and product development. Robert Temel, born 1969, studied architecture at the University for Applied Arts in Vienna. He is a self employed researcher, journalist and facilitator in the areas of architecture, cities and culture. Since 2003 he has been Chairman of the Austrian Society for Architecture (ÖGFA). Patrick Wais, born 1975, studied philosophy and sociology at the University of Tübingen. Since 2007 he has been a researcher with the Stuttgart museum designer HG Merz. Together with Professor HG Merz he has co-authored a number of articles on the theme of exhibition design.
