Contemporary Art Museum Art Museum by Werneck, Cuiabano & Deslandes |
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| DESIGN NAME: Contemporary Art Museum PRIMARY FUNCTION: Art Museum INSPIRATION: It came from the cultural environment that's set at Puerto Madero and also the "Puente de La Mujer"by the Architect Santiago Calatrava. UNIQUE PROPERTIES / PROJECT DESCRIPTION: This project searches for different experiences and visual conections through the museum tour. It explores its surroundings and only contemporary art allows it. It's a unique concept where it could only take place in a vivid cultural place. OPERATION / FLOW / INTERACTION: The building has three exhibition rooms that can be divided into five exhibition rooms by sliding panels. One of these rooms has a height of 20m and it can host great works of art and sculptures. On the terrace, there's a restaurant, an auditorium and a multipurpose space. Visitors can get to it by using an elevator from the main lobby (without entering the museum) or they can get to it by the end of the main museum tour. The main architectural tour is done through ramps going up to the terrace. Or, the visitors may take the stairs or an elevator and visit each exhibition room in a random order. PROJECT DURATION AND LOCATION: The project started in June 2012. It was interrupted until January 2013 and finished on February of the same year. It was developed in Rio de Janeiro . FITS BEST INTO CATEGORY: Architecture, Building and Structure Design |
PRODUCTION / REALIZATION TECHNOLOGY: The building structure consist on a mesh of 12x12m of reinforced concret. A curtain wall frame is attached to its stucture and a great steel structure covers the building. SPECIFICATIONS / TECHNICAL PROPERTIES: The site measures 135mx55m. The building has a Gros Build Area of 25.000,00m2 and it consist of 6 floors and 23m height. TAGS: Buenos Aires, Contemporary Art Museum, Museum, Contemporary, Art RESEARCH ABSTRACT: Our research for this project started with a local visit to the site and the city so It was possible to understand where the building is located and its surroundings. Also, Buenos Aires has great museums and we tried to adapt ours to this scenario. During our research, it was clear to us that Puerto Madero is a renewed Buenos Aires and our project tries to relate to that by offering a space to contemporary art . CHALLENGE: The biggest challange was to think of a building that would not ''harm ADDED DATE: 2012-06-30 16:46:52 TEAM MEMBERS (2) : Marina Cuiabano and Felipe Deslandes IMAGE CREDITS: Werneck, Cuiabano & Deslandes, 2012. |
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NAME: Paula Werneck Arquitetos Associados PROFILE: PWAA is a Architecture & Design studio founded in Rio de Janeiro By Paula Werneck in 2012. The diversity of architecture and design goes from small-scale projects, including interior design, to large scale projects like the Awarded Mixed-Use project: High-Rise Structures: Porto Olímpico. PWAA praises on working with creativity and developing architecture that is daring and also capable of interacting with its surroundings. After only one year of practice, PW has already successfully concluded many design projects in Rio de Janeiro and also, developed many studies for large-scale projects not only in Rio de Janeiro but also in other countries, like the Buenos Aires Contemporary Art Museum. Paula Werneck is a young architect, graduated in 2011 at the Universidade Federal do Ri ode Janeiro and has worked for the greatests architecture design firms in Rio de Janeiro like Feu Arquitetura... with experience in many fields of architecture and design. In 2012, the project High-Rise Structures: Porto Olímpico received the Silver Medal at the A'design awards and competition. Since then, the project was published and exhibited in many other countries like India and Argentina. Ever since the studio started to participate in many projects and awards. |
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Contemporary Art Museum Art Museum by Werneck, Cuiabano & Deslandes is Winner in Architecture, Building and Structure Design Category, 2012 - 2013.· Press Members: Login or Register to request an exclusive interview with Werneck, Cuiabano & Deslandes. · Click here to register inorder to view the profile and other works by Werneck, Cuiabano & Deslandes. |
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