Reg.Nr. HA-2010/GE/07

Neues Museum, Berlin

The project is the restoration of one of Berlin's most important 19th century museums, housing the Egyptian Collection and the collections of the Museum for Pre- and Early History. Situated in the centre of Berlin's Museum Island, Stüler's Neues Museum was the only structure ...
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Project details

Title:Neues Museum, Berlin
Entr. year: 2010
Result:Grand Prix
Country: Germany
Town: Berlin
Category type: single building
Notes:Type also: urban setting
Building type/ Project type: Building for cultural activities
Former use:Museum
Actual use:Museum
Built: 19th century
Architect / Proj.leader: David Chipperfield Architects, Gesellschaft von Architekten mbH
The Jury's citation: The intervention on the Stüler's Neues Museum, situated in the centre of Berlin's Museum Island, involved securing the historic structures of the ruin, restoring and completing the building and connecting the Neues Museum to the surrounding museums and the New Entrance Building. This intervention was realised in a highly efficient and elegant way, giving an outstanding example and reference for the synchronic and complex use of the minimal-reconstruction and a highly sensitive contemporary architecture.
GPS:52°31'14,6"N; 13°23'54,6"E
Web, Links:

www.smb.museum/museen-und-einrichtungen/neues-museum/home.html

Description:
The project is the restoration of one of Berlin's most important 19th century museums, housing the Egyptian Collection and the collections of the Museum for Pre- and Early History. Situated in the centre of Berlin's Museum Island, Stüler's Neues Museum was the only structure still in its ruinous state from the war. The project involves securing the historic building fabric of the ruin, restoring and completing the building as well as connecting the Neues Museum on ground. level to the surrounding museums and the New Entrance Building on the Island.