Neuhaus/Suha, Carinthia, Austria
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Post By:Kitticoon Poopong
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
ML Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus,
Austria – When Heinz Tesar's
museum for the Essl Collection was opened in
Klosterneuburg, near
Vienna nine years ago it was Austria's first newly built private museum and seemed likely to long remain the only one of its kind. However a worthy successor soon came along in the form of the Liaunig Museum in which a new generation of architects interprets the phenomenon "art" in its own way.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
Located in the scenic regions of Southern Austria, the project is built high up in the landscape. Museum Liaunig has a remarkable architecture that protrudes out on two sides over a steep-sided landscape. The cut through the hill marks a punctual intervention in nature.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
Anchored into the site the new museum emerges more like a work of art. Only a small part of the outstretched museum building is visible. Cut through the hill, the main body of the museum slices through a densely wooded, steep-sided embankment, providing an unparalleled view over the Drava river seventy metres below. The building cantilevers an impressive thirty metres out, over a steep bank towards the oncoming road - clearly visible to the approaching visitors.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
The museum entrance zone is orientated toward both the centre of Neuhaus and the nearby historical castle owned by the museum’s patron. Visitors to the museum go through the substantial storage depot that composes one of the main areas of the museum. Stretching the whole length of the gently sloping approach to the main exhibition hall, visitors are accompanied by this ‘wine cellar of art’. This underground space offers the possibility to organise a variety of exhibitions by virtue of flexible screens and lighting arrangements.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
The building' s core is a 160-metre long, fully day-lit exhibition hall, with protected terraces at each end. The continuous 13-metre wide by 7-metre high space is covered by a part translucent curved-skin – an industrial enclosure permitting daylight. The hall is organised with mobile exhibition panels.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
A daylight-free, gently conical room dedicated for the Graphic Collection lies adjacent the ramped entrance. The collection is enclosed by the main hall and is oriented towards the entrance. A window facing Neuhaus at the end of this room sits over the foyer. Another chamber, connected by a small corridor, hosts the Gold Collection. Finally, Brigitte Kowanz' s light installation brings the visitor back towards the underground collection.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
Place:
The museum liaunig projects out on two sides over steep-sided ground, high up in the landscape. a cut through the hill marks a precise intervention in nature.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
Sign:
Planted into the site the new museum emerges more like a work of landart. only a small part of the outstretched museum building is visible.
Cut through the hill, the main body of the museum slices athrough a densely-wooded, steep-sided embankment, providing an unparalleled view over the river drau seventy metres below. the building cantilevers an impressive thirty metres out, over a steep bank towards the approach road – clearly visible to approaching visitors.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
Viewing storage:
The museum entrance zone is orientated toward both the centre of neuhaus and the nearby historical castle owned by the museum’s patron. the substantial viewing storage depot is one of the main areas of the museum. stretching the whole length of the gently sloping approach to the main exhibition hall, visitors are accompanied by this ‘wine cellar of art’. this underground volume offers the possibility to organise a variety of exhibitions by virtue of flexible screens and lighting arrangements.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
Art gallery:
The building’s core is a 160metre long, fully daylit exhibition hall, with protected terraces at each end. the continuous 13metre wide, 7metre high room is covered by a part translucent curved-skin – an industrial element permitting daylight. the hall is organised with mobile exhibition panels.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
Graphic collection and gold collection:
The daylight-free, gently conical room for the graphic collection lies adjacent the ramped entrance. the collection is enclosed by the main hall and is orientated towards the entrance. a window facing neuhaus at the end of the graphic collection sits over the foyer. the gold collection is a separate chamber connected by a small corridor. brigitte kowanz’s light installation accompanies the way to the underground collection.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
Efficiency and sustainability:
The high cost of the external envelope is avoided by sinking the majority of the building below ground. rather than removing the soil, excavated ground is used to remodel the site. industrial materials like concrete, glass and sheet metal dominate the visible portion of the building. set into the hill, the building benefits from the temperate environment. a geothermal heat pump utilises the constant temperature of the ground. rooflight substitutes artificial light as much as possible.
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
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| Photo © Courtesy of Lisa Rastl |
Project year: 2006
Construction year: 2007-2008
Effective Area: 4,400 M²
Gross Floor Area: 4,810 M²
Cubature: 32,100 M³
Competition Year: June 2006
Start Of Construction: August 2007
Completion Year: May 2008
ML museum liaunig's website: here
The people
Client: DKFM Herbert Liaunig
Executive Architect: Querkraft Zt Gmbh, Vienna
Project Architect: Erwin Stättner
Project team: Sandra Denk, Dominique Dinies, Vera Kittler, Janine Hochrieser, Jan Geldermann, Charlotte Lieske, Tobias Colz, Petra Meisenbichler, Dana Rakova
Project Management: Jan Umlauf, Vienna.
General Contractor: werkstatt wien, vienna
Structural Engineering: werkraum wien ingenieure, project management: jan umlauf, vienna
Photographs: © Lisa Rastl
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