| (en espagnol) Boletín
del CENCREM (Cuba) - Patrimonio y Desarrollo No. 19 Edición
Especial
El Centro Nacional de Conservación, Restauración y
Museología (CENCREM), fundado en 1980, y establecido en el
antiguo Convento de Santa Clara de Asís, relevante monumento
del siglo XVII, es una institución especializada, dirigida
al desarrollo científico técnico y docente-metodológico
de la Conservación del Patrimonio Cultural Tangible, mueble
e inmueble y del Patrimonio Cultural Intangible o Cultura Popular
Tradicional, adscripta desde 1995 al Consejo Nacional de Patrimonio
Cultural de Cuba (CNPCC).
Plus information en espagnol :
http://universidadypatrimonio.net/doc/CENCREM_No19.pdf
(en italien) La cultura gratis è più bella
Gratis è bello. Soprattutto quando si tratta di arte e cultura.
Se infatti la gratuità della cultura è da anni fulcro
di dibattiti e bagarre che riguardano strategie politico-economiche
sulla sua gestione e fruizione, molte sono le iniziative promosse
dal Ministero afferente e da altre istituzioni pubbliche o private
che sperimentano le porte aperte dell’arte e della cultura.
Avvicinare l’arte, l’architettura e, in generale, la
cultura, anche a fasce di popolazione che abitualmente non frequentano
spazi culturali, rimane infatti l’obiettivo principale di
coloro i quali amministrano tali luoghi e da essi tentano di ricavare
le risorse finanziarie necessarie alla loro tutela e valorizzazione.
Plus information :
http://www.tafter.it/2010/09/22/la-cultura-gratis-e-piu-bella/
(en italien) Museo Martini di Storia dell’Enologia
e Mondo Martini (Italia)
Intervista a Cristiana Fanciotto – pr della Martini &
Rossi
Quando è nato il Museo Martini e quali sono state le
tappe salienti della sua storia?
Il Museo Martini di Storia dell’enologia è stato inaugurato
nel 1961. Nato dalla volontà di Lando Rossi di Montelera,
è una delle più importanti collezioni di storia dell’enologia
al mondo, con testimonianze che ripercorrono la storia del vino
dal settimo secolo a.C. fino ai giorni nostri. Ad ospitare le 16
sale espositive sono le cantine ottocentesche dei primi stabilimenti
Martini & Rossi, dove sono esposti più di 600 reperti
provenienti dall’archeologia classica e da quella industriale:
anfore, vasi coppe, bicchieri e vetri dall’Antico Egitto alla
Grecia e a Roma, nonché torchi e strumenti per la produzione
del vino, argenti e cristalli a partire dal ‘700 fino ad oggi.
Plus information :
http://www.tafter.it/2010/09/15/museo-martini-di-storia-dell%E2%80%99enologia-e-mondo-martini-galleria-permanente-e-museo-d%E2%80%99impresa/
Ouverture du Musée de l'Art nouveau catalan
Le premier musée barcelonais dédié exclusivement
à l'Art nouveau a ouvert le 19 mars 2010. Contenant des oeuvres
d'artistes calatalans célèbres, le musée se
trouve dans un bâtiment moderniste (Carrer Balmes 48) réalisé
par l'architecte Enric Sagnier. Ce musée résulte d'une
initiative privée des collectionneurs d'art et galeristes
Fernando Pinós et Maria Guirao, qui ont rassemblé
dans un espace de 1000 mètres carrés 350 oeuvres des
domaines de la peinture, sculpture et des arts décoratifs.
On compte notamment parmi les 42 artistes représentés
Gaudí, Busquets, Llimona, Arnau, Casas, Renart, Rusiñol,
Gargallo et Anglada Camarassa.
Plus information :
http://mmcat.cat/
Archives de l’ICCROM: préservation des documents
d’archives électroniques
Le 1er septembre l’ICCROM a organisé une réunion
avec des personnes du projet InterPARES 3 Team Italy sur le thème
de la préservation des documents d’archives électroniques.
Depuis 1999, le projet InterPARES 3, International Research on Permanent
Authentic Records in Electronic Systems (Recherche internationale
sur la conservation permanente des documents d’archives),
a élaboré des normes, des politiques et des stratégies
pour la préservation à long terme des archives électroniques
digne d’être conservées.
L’ICCROM fait l’objet d’une étude de cas
dans le cadre d’InterPARES 3 depuis 2008, en collaborant à
un projet qui permet de concevoir et de mettre en œuvre un
système de gestion à usage organisationnel. Dans le
cadre de cette entreprise, InterPARES 3 Team Italy fournit des conseils
et met en application ses recherches de façon à organiser
l’archivage de l’ICCROM dans un système qui est
à la fois souple et fiable, s’adaptant aux principes
de l’archivage. Au cours de cette réunion, diverses
études de cas d’InterPARES 3 Team Italy ont été
examinées, ainsi que des projets de recherche sur la préservation
des courriers électroniques et des systèmes d’enregistrement.
Plus information :
http://www.iccrom.org/fra/news_fr/2010_fr/events_fr/09_14meetingInterPARES_fr.shtml
La Porsche 917 ressuscitée par la Fondation du patrimoine
(France)
En ce 8 juin, à la veille des essais de l'édition
2010 des 24H du Mans, la mythique Porsche 917 a repris du service
sur le fameux circuit lors d'une démonstration exceptionnelle
menée de main de maître par le pilote Gérard
Larrousse.
Le bolide, présenté en 1969 au Salon de Genève,
est le plus rapide jamais produit par la marque allemande, avec
une vitesse de pointe de 388 km/h dans la fameuse ligne droite des
Hunaudières.
Exposée au Musée Automobile de la Sarthe et à
de nombreuses occasions lors de salons, la vénérable
et mythique Porsche 917 LH (châssis 045), méritait
bien une restauration.
Après quarante années de repos, la Porsche 917 vrombit
à nouveau.
Une «renaissance» rendue possible par l'action de la
Fondation du Patrimoine, dans le cadre du fructueux partenariat
noué avec Motul au service de la sauvegarde et de la valorisation
du patrimoine automobile.
Plus information :
http://www.fondation-patrimoine.net/fr/actualite.php4?id=146
[english] Course
list 2010-2011 - International Academic Projects (IAP)
International Academic Projects Ltd (IAP) was formed in London in
1989 as an international educational charity whose aims are to help
promote education, training and research into conservation, archaeology,
anthropology and other related fields. IAP was initially based at
the Institute of Archaeology, but since 1998 has been operated from
a larger location at 6 Fitzroy Square, London.
Professional development courses are offered throughout the year
in Britain and abroad. The majority of the courses take place in
Britain and Europe from June through August. We offer an annual
series of short courses (typically between 3 and 5 days in duration)
in conservation, museum studies and archaeology. The courses, led
by international experts, often address very particular types of
knowledge or skills. For a full programme, please contact IAP.
IAP also co-operates with institutions and colleagues abroad to
provide training courses for museum, conservation and archaeological
personnel. Courses outside of the UK have been held in Sri Lanka,
the Philippines, Australia, the USA, Austria, Denmark, Greece, Hungary,
Italy, the Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Ireland and Finland.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.academicprojects.co.uk/course-list.php
[español] Presentan
lista roja de bienes culturales en peligro
El Consejo Internacional de Museos (ICOM) presentó en Costa
Rica el pasado 28 de junio de 2010 la lista roja de Bienes culturales
en peligro de Centroamérica y México. La publicación
está dirigida a museos, comerciantes de arte, miembros de
la policía y de aduanas para que les facilite la identificación
de objetos que sean traficados de manera ilícita. De esta
forma se busca una mayor protecciòn a los bienes culturales
de la región.
El Consejo Internacional de Museos (ICOM) presentó en Costa
Rica el pasado 28 de junio de 2010 la lista roja de Bienes culturales
en peligro de Centroamérica y México.
Plus information en espagnol :
http://www.unesco.org/es/sanjose/dynamic-content-single-view/news/present_red_list_of_endangered_cultural_assets/
Magazine : Ouverture des nouvelles salles consacrées
à l'art grec classique et hellénistique. Musée
du Louvre. Paris, France
Le 7 juillet, après d’importants travaux de réaménagement,
le musée du Louvre ouvre au public les nouvelles salles consacrées
à l’art grec classique et hellénistique (450
- 30 avant J.-C.).
Plus information :
http://www.louvre.fr/llv/dossiers/liste_magazines.jsp?bmLocale=fr_FR
[english] Museum
of WORLD WAR II in Gdansk Competition proposal / Brochet Lajus Pueyo
(Poland)
Last week, we featured the winner of the Museum of the Second World
War Competition in Gdansk, Poland. The project was designed by Studio
Architektoniczne Kwadrat. Now, French architects Brochet Lajus Pueyo
shared with us their proposal for the competition, designed with
associates architects Alice Wijnen & R-architecture.
Obligation of remembrance, desire of remembrance, memorial monument…
The intention of the city of Gdansk to build on the exact confluence
of both the canal Radunia and the river Motlawa the Museum of the
Second World War shows its desire for recognition of its twentieth
century history. It is truly the understanding and recognition of
these patrimonial injuries that are part of its heritage that are
the foundations of this new part of the city: a space and time warp
for the visitor.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/77342/museum-of-wwii-in-gdansk-competition-proposal-brochet-lajus-pueyo/
[english] OMA
wins competition for new BMVR (Bibliothèque Multimédia
à Vocation Régionale) library in Caen, France
A few weeks ago we were discussing on Twitter how OMA has
developed several innovations in cultural and educational buildings.
The Wyly Theater (in partnership with REX), the Seattle Public Library,
and on projects such as the MNBAQ extension or the West Kowloon
Cultural District master plan.
Today we got the news that OMA has won the competition for a new
regional library (Bibliothèque Multimédia à
Vocation Régionale) in Caen, France. The 12,000m2 project
will be OMA’s first cultural building in France, and was led
by associate-in-charge Clément Blanchet.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/77424/oma-wins-competition-for-new-bmvr-library-in-caen-france/
[english] Pannonhalma
Abdij Visitor Centre of the Benedictine Monastery of Pannonhalma
/ Roeleveld Sikkes (Hungary)
The recent opening of the brand new visitors centre at the renowned
Pannonhalma Benedictine monastery introduces a contemporary addition
to one of Hungary’s most prominent landmarks of cultural heritage.
The addition symbolizes the confidence in the future for a cultural
legacy in Hungary.
The competition winning design of RS | Roeleveld-Sikkes Architects
based in Budapest and The Hague, emphasizes on improving the union
between the various buildings of the monastery. The Pannonhalma
monastery has been a beacon for culture and crafts for over a thousand
years. The monastery grounds of the Benedictine order house the
finest examples of religious art, crafts and architecture. It has
been inscribed into the Unesco World Heritage List in 1996. Today
the monastery is still in use and can be regarded as one of the
key touristic features of Hungary, attracting tens of thousands
of visitors each year.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/76614/pannonhalma-abdij-visitor-centre-roeleveld-sikkes/
[english] Jasper
Place Branch Library / HCMA. Edmonton, Canada
The new Jasper Place Library design encompasses the Edmonton Public
Library’s aspirations to create a flexible, open and memorable
presence in the community. The design satisfies the following aims:
A welcoming space that acts as an inclusive designation for all
demographics of the community; a distinctive building that announces
its unique role in the neighborhood as a place for public use; and
a sustainable building that will fulfill present and future library
needs.
With an eye to a potentially bookless future, this iconic, 15,000
sq ft library is focused more on social spaces than on books. The
ground floor is occupied by staff functions as well as a double-height
reading room consisting of book stacks and reading areas. This public
area extends above the staff area to a mezzanine level overlooking
the central space. Stairs–some of which are designed to double
as reading spaces or an amphitheatre—are located at each end
of the mezzanine to form a continuous circulation loop for patrons.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/76852/jasper-place-branch-library-hcma/
Le Musée du Louvre signe la charte Développement
durable. Paris (France)
Le Musée du Louvre a signé jeudi 2 septembre 2010
la charte Développement durable des Etablissements publics
et Entreprises publiques. Cette charte, qui s’inscrit dans
le cadre de la Stratégie nationale de développement
durable (SNDD), a pour objectif d’inciter les établissements
et les entreprises publics à intégrer les exigences
du développement durable dans leurs actions et dans leur
fonctionnement.
Plus information :
http://www.developpement-durable.gouv.fr/Le-Musee-du-Louvre-signe-la-charte.html
[english] Deportation
Memorial / Studio Kuadra. Borgo San Dalmazzo, Cuneo (Italy)
Between September 1943 and February 1944 in Borgo San Dalmazzo,
a concentration camp was established in the ex-barracks of the Alpini,
to detain the Jews that had been taken prisoner near Cuneo. The
majority of them were foreigners. (Polish, Austrian, Turkish, Romanian,
Slovenian, Lithuanian, Hungarian, Croatian, German, Greek and French).
They had fled from all over Europe into the Alpine Valleys where
they found refuge until they were captured by the Nazis and taken
to the camp.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/76177/jewish-deportation-memorial-studio-kuadra/
[english] “Il
mondo che non vedo” exhibition at the Museo di Roma in Trastevere
An exhibition at the Museo di Roma in Trastevere dedicated to the
theme of industrial archeology and of the abandoned and degraded
sites of our cities will open September 8 till September 26. A conference
will delve into the topic of abandoned areas and the general change
of the idea of city, an urban transformation that opens up new possibilities
and ideas from an architectural point of view.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/76356/il-mondo-che-non-vedo-exhibition-at-the-museo-di-roma-in-trastevere/
[english] Slovenian
Alpine Museum (MAS)
The Slovenian Alpine Museum is open. We would like to invite you
to have a look at the permanent exhibition, the introductory movie
about Slovene mountains and the painting exhibition Vrata 2010.
A rich movie- and photomaterial, exhibited objects and interactive
contents are presented in 11 theme groups.
We experience the Museum story through our own climb up the mountain.
The story we feel, carries an important message: The way is more
important than the destination.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.planinskimuzej.si/?lang=en
[english] NATIONAL
HISTORY MUSEUM (NHM) - Woolly mammoth extinction due to climate
change. United Kingdom
Woolly mammoths died out because climate change caused a massive
decline in their grassland habitat, scientists reported last week.
Warming temperatures and the spread of forests after the last
ice age 21,000 years ago, turned the mammoths’ grassland into
less productive tundra-like habitat.
This reduced the food available to large mammals like the woolly
mammoth, woolly rhino and cave lion and eventually led to their
extinction, the team led by scientists at Durham University, and
Lund University and Bristol University, says.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2010/august/woolly-mammoth-extinction-due-to-climate-change78775.html
[english] NATIONAL
HISTORY MUSEUM (NHM) - Oldest tool use and meat-eating revealed.
United Kingdom
Ancient human relatives (hominins) used stone tools
to help them eat animals more than 3 million years ago, scientists
report in the journal Nature today.
Fossilised animal bones with stone-tool-inflicted marks on them
were uncovered in Ethiopia by an international team, led by Shannon
McPherron at the Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology,
Leipzig, Germany.
The find is the oldest evidence of stone tool use found so far.
The fossils date to about 3.4 million years ago, 800,000 years earlier
than the previous oldest evidence.
The marks would have been made by a prehuman species to cut and
prepare meat and marrow for consumption.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.nhm.ac.uk/about-us/news/2010/august/oldest-tool-use-and-meat-eating-revealed75831.html
Calendrier des activités - Musée de Moyen
Âge (Cluny) Paris, France
Plus information : http://www.musee-moyenage.fr/index.html
[español] Estreno
formato digital de la revista Amigos de los Museos - Federación
Española de Amigos de los Museos
La Federación Española de Amigos de los Museos presenta
su nuevo número de la Revista Amigos de los Museos en formato
digital, apostando así por las nuevas tecnologías
y por la mayor difusión a nivel nacional e internacional,
con un estilo moderno pero fiel a la filosofía FEAM. La revista
nº 30, de carácter monográfico, se centrará
en “El Turismo Cultural Sostenible” lema del XVIII Congreso
Nacional de Amigos de Museos que se ha celebrado recientemente y
tema de gran actualidad puesto que “El patrimonio cultural
no puede convertirse en un producto de consumo, ni el objeto de
una relación superficial con el visitante. En la medida en
que el turista llegue a identificarse con el patrimonio, podrá
tomar consciencia de su valor y de la importancia que reviste su
conservación, convirtiéndose así en un aliado
de los museos” Según afirma la “Declaración
del Consejo Internacional de Museos (ICOM) y la Federación
Mundial de Amigos de los Museos (FMAM)”.
Plus information en espagnol :
http://www.feam.es/PDFs/Revista/38/index.html
(en italien) No design, nessuna collezione permanente.
Ecco il nuovo Centre Pompidou, a Metz
La città di Metz, nella regione della Lorena, per la sua
posizione strategica vicina al Belgio, al Lussemburgo e alla Germania,
è stata scelta come la sede del nuovo Centre Pompidou Metz,
il primo esempio di decentramento, in Francia, di una grande istituzione
culturale.
Sia dal punto di vista architettonico che museologico, il CPM presenta
sostanziali novità rispetto ad altri recenti musei di arte
contemporanea.
Plus information :
http://www.tafter.it/2010/08/30/no-design-nessuna-collezione-permanente-ecco-il-nuovo-centre-pompidou-a-metz/
Ouverture du Musée Charlie Chaplin prévue
: Printemps 2012. Manoir de Ban (Suisse)
L’Espace Musée Charlie Chaplin porte une double signature
prestigieuse : celle de l’artiste et cinéaste et celle
de sa famille qui, avec enthousiasme, en appuie la réalisation.
L’aura toujours exceptionnelle de la star incontestable qui
a habité un manoir devenu aussi mythique que le personnage,
annonce une visibilité médiatique hors du commun.
Situé sur la Riviera, au cœur d’une région
touristique et culturelle des plus renommées de Suisse, l’Espace
Musée Charlie Chaplin est voisin du Château de Chillon
et du Musée Olympique de Lausanne. Il est également
aux portes des plus grands festivals et événements
culturels de la Suisse romande, dont le Festival de Jazz de Montreux
et le Festival de l’Image de Vevey...
Plus information :
http://www.chaplinmuseum.com/fr/espace_musee/le_manoir_de_ban.php
Consultation en vue de la rédaction de recommandations
et d’un Livre blanc - Groupement européen d’analyse
politique « Musées et Municipalités »
E= MU2 est un groupement d’analyse politique créé
par les membres du Réseau Européen des Centres de
Formation à l’Administration Culturelle, ENCATC, et
financé par l’Union Européenne dans le cadre
du programme Culture. Ce groupement européen a débuté
son activité au mois de mai 2010, avec pour objectif de voir
comment les musées peuvent contribuer au développement
local, quels bénéfices peuvent en retirer, aussi bien
les musées que les municipalités, et quels types de
partenariats peuvent en constituer le principe. En partant de la
variété des contributions possibles des musées
au développement de leurs territoires, la démarche
du groupement politique est centrée sur la nature et la mise
en place des mécanismes susceptibles d’y parvenir (contributions,
relations partenariales et institutionnelles, gouvernance…).
Plus information :
http://encatc.org/questionnaires/?l=fr
[english] Pan
Am Foundation Museum
The goal of the Pan Am Historical Foundation is to preserve the
history and accomplishments of Pan American World Airways, and the
people who worked to make her the World's Greatest Airline. In addition
to its special projects, the Foundation publishes a quarterly newsletter
and annually reissues the famous Pan Am Calendar.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.panam.com/pafond1.htm
[english] New
Salvador Dali Museum. Saint Petersburg, Florida (USA)
The major news at The Dali is this: Museum Trustees and staff have
moved with resolve and no small measure of courage to begin construction
of a new Museum building to protect our collection from storm and
to welcome our visitors.
We ask our community and wider audience to help us realize, or rather
surrealize, this dream. Please visit, become a member, and if you
are able to do so at any level, make a financial contribution. Our
website provides you an easy way to do so online.
The landmark building will be realized as a collaboration between
architect Yann Weymouth of HOK, the Museum staff, and the builder
the Beck Group. Built more efficiently than many contemporary museum
structures, the new Dali combines elements of the classical and
the fantastical – much like the work of Dali.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/
[english] RED
LOCATION MUSEUM - Port Elizabeth (South Africa)
RED LOCATION is one of the oldest settled Black Townships of Port
Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay, South Africa. It derives its name
from a series of corrugated iron barrack buildings, which are rusted
a deep red colour. Building materials for these sheds stem from
the First South African War (1899-1902) structures - the Boer concentration
camp at Uitenhage as well as the Imperial Yeomanry Hospital at De
Aar. It became a site of struggle during the years of Apartheid.
Many prominent political and cultural leaders were either born or
lived in Red Location and a number of significant "struggle"
(umZabalazo) events occurred here.
Plus information en anglais :
http://redlocationmuseum.webs.com/
[english] Interview
of Prof. Xavier Greffe, Paris 1 (France) on the relationship between
museums and municipalities
Xavier Greffe is Professor of economics at the University Paris
I, where he chairs the cultural economics postgraduate program.
He has been an active participant in ENCATC’s working group
“Audience Policies in Europe” chaired by Anne Krebs
from the Louvre Museum. Here, Xavier Greffe shares his thoughts
on the important relationship between museums and municipalities,
and the great potential which such a cooperation can unleash in
terms of regional sustainable development. Very briefly, can you
present the idea behind this policy grouping?
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.encatc.org/pages/fileadmin/user_upload/Newsletters/newsletter_4_2010_Final.pdf
[english] Final
Conference held for "Museum Literacy" (MUSLI) Report available
in September
One of ENCATC’s European projects “Museum Literacy”
- or as the partners fondly call it, “MUSLI” - had its
final conference on 7 June 2010. The consortium partners came together
one last time in Bolzano, Italy to present their recommendations
and compelling examples of museum educational activities and practices
to about 50 persons in attendance. It was also a time to reflect
on the highs, lows, surprises the partners met over the project’s
twoyear life. The final report should be available in September
2010 containing a summary of the most effective solutions and practices
identified by the project members as well as case study contributions
from the different partners. Abstracts will be made available in
French, Italian, and Hungarian.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.encatc.org/pages/index.php?id=122
[english] THE
GETTY CONSERVATION INSTITUTE (GCI) - Museum Lighting Research
Quantifying Change in Ethnographic Materials with Biocolorants
and Structural Colors
The amount of research that has been carried out investigating
the risks of light damage to fine art materials is very small, but
the amount directed at ethnographic and natural history materials
is even smaller. More might have been done had not the fundamental
properties of many of these products been easier to characterize.
Unlike paints and dyes, biological colors are divided into those
created by biopigments and those produced by a handful of physical
phenomena that constructively and/or destructively interfere with
reflected light. Structural colors are notoriously difficult to
measure in a repeatable manner. They cause an angular dependence
to color that gives butterfly wings and peacock feathers their enormous
range of appearance effects.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.getty.edu/conservation/science/lighting/lighting_component7.html
[english] Patrons
of the Arts in the Vatican Museums
The Patrons of the Arts in the Vatican Museums is a select group
of people dedicated to the preservation and perpetuation of the
vast and unique collection of art contained in the Vatican Museums.
The Patrons have been in existence since 1982 when a major exhibition
of Vatican art toured the United States in New York, Chicago and
San Francisco. Restoration of the art contained in the exhibition
was made possible by donors recognizing the unique opportunity to
participate in the work of the Vatican Museums. One year later,
the Patrons organization was officially launched. Patrons worldwide
have accepted the same membership in this exclusive work of art
history.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.vatican-patrons.org/underrestauration.html
[english] Pompidou's
Huts / Tadashi Kawamata. Paris (France)
Tadashi Kawamata, a Japanese sculptor and installer, is known for
creating urban spaces that utilize simple materials. Often times,
Kawamata selects an single item, whether it is a material or an
object, that becomes the basic module of a huge construction. His
latest spaces are occupying the external façade of the Centre
Pompidou in Paris. These timbers huts, which are lined with cardboard,
attach on to the existing structural framework, like a parasite,
and morph into something entirely new.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/74126/pompidou’s-huts-tadashi-kawamata/
[english] Philip
Johnson's Collection for Sale (USA)
Robin Pogrebin of The New York Times recently reported that Raj
Ahuja, an Indian-born architect who joined Philip Johnson’s
firm back in 1971 and became a partner in 1984, will be selling
the architect’s archive of sketches. And, this isn’t
any ordinary sketchbook. Johnson’s collection includes over
25,000 design sketches, working drawings, renderings and photographs
that cover more than 120 projects from 1968 to 1992. After a bankruptcy
claim left the work in Ahuja’s possession, he has been waiting
to “transfer it to respectful hands” with the hope that
a single institution will acquire the entire collection so as not
to break up the archive.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/73585/philip-johnsons-collection-for-sale/
[english] Mercedes
Benz Museum / UN Studio, photos by Michael Schnell (Germany)
Ten kilometer south from the Porsche Museum we featured last week,
we find the Mercedes Benz Museum, designed by dutch architects UN
Studio and photographed by Michael Schnell. The 35,000sqm project
designed by UN Studio between 2001-2006, includes also a restaurants,
stores, offices and an auditorium.
The design is based on the geometry of a clover, with the spaces
connected between two helical ascending ramps, around a central
atrium.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/72802/mercedes-benz-museum-un-studio-photos-by-michael-schnell/
[english] Beginning
an Architecture Library
As the long days of summer are sadly coming to an end, architecture
students across the world will be heading back to their universities
and preparing for their next studio projects. While the upcoming
semester will allow students to master the latest digital modeling
programs and perfect their physical modeling skills, the value of
reading architectural books (whether they be reference, theory,
etc.) should not be overlooked. We found a few lists of books that
are categorized as “the essentials” for any
architecture student.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/73304/beginning-an-architecture-library/
[english] Kolumba
Museum / Peter Zumthor. Cologne (Germany)
Special thanks to our reader Jose Fernando Vazquez from Urbana Arquitectura
(view his work previously featured on AD) who has shared these images
of Zumthor’s amazing Kolumba Museum with us. Situated in Cologne,
Germany, a city that was almost completely destroyed in World War
II, the museum houses the Roman Catholic Archdiocese’s collection
of art which spans more than a thousand years. Zumthor’s design
delicately rises from the ruins of a late-Gothic church, respecting
the site’s history and preserving its essence. ”They
[the Archdiocese] believe in the inner values of art, its ability
to make us think and feel, its spiritual values. This project emerged
from the inside out, and from the place,” explained Zumthor
at the museum’s opening.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/72192/kolumba-musuem-peter-zumthor/
[english] New
Art Museum / SANAA. New York City, NY (USA)
Recently Pritzker laureate SANAA offers to architects, critics and
customers very sharp architectures, outstanding and internationally
recognized. Most of the times, the reason of this is the simplicity
and clearness of the concept, and its clean translation into construction.
The New Contemporary Art Museum in New York is a precious building
with clear concept and strong impact.
The location context, Lower Manhattan, with its squared blocks and
buildings, can be considered as starting point for the Museum image:
it replies the boxes surrounding, and stacks them one on top of
the other in various sizes and heights, as the plot was a playground
for a composition of cubes. By small but significant shifting of
the cubes, the building gets dynamicity and an attracting shape,
being different but similar to the near constructions.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/70822/new-art-museum-sanaa/
[english] Porsche
Museum / Delugan Meissl, photos by Michael Schnell, Stuttgart (Germany)
Architecture photographer Michael Schnell shared with us his interior
photos of the Porsche Museum in Stuttgart, Germany, designed by
Austrian architects Delugan Meissl. The project was completed in
2008, after being awarded with the 1st prize in a 2-stage competition
back in 2005.
The exhibition space we see on these photos in contained by a monolothic
volume supported by a steel structure, which spans 5,600sqm to a
dramatic effect as you can see on the above photo.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/71208/porsche-museum-delugan-meissl-photos-by-michael-schnell/
[english] The
Museum of the Second World War Competition in Poland winner announced
The jury for the Museum of the Second World War Competition in Poland
have recently announced the winner. Studio Architektoniczne Kwadrat
received 1st Prize and will design the new museum in Gdansk, the
city where the war broke out. 2nd Prize was awarded to Polish architects
Piotr Plaskowicki & partnerzy Architekci and 3rd Prize to Greece-based
BETAPLAN S.A.
The Jury is of the opinion that the design selected in the Architectural
Competition has every chance of becoming one of the most important
features of the Gdansk City Centre from the very beginning. In our
belief it meets all conditions of joining in the sophisticated symbols
in the future alongside the Armoury, St Mary’s Church, or
the Crane.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/75949/the-museum-of-the-second-world-war-competition-in-poland-winner-announced/
[english] Entry
proposal for the Environment Museum Annex Competition, Rio de Janeiro
Antonio Pedro Coutinho shared with us the entry he designed with
Estelle Dugachard, Fabiana Araújo, Nanda Eskes, Ricardo Caruana
for the competition regarding the expansion of the Environment Museum
in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. The main challenge dealt in this competition
was finding a way where the architecture would be inserted on the
ecosystem where it was being planned; the magnificent Botanical
Garden of the city of Rio de Janeiro.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/70783/entry-proposal-for-the-environment-museum-annex-competition-rio-de-janeiro/
[english] In
Progress: Salvador Dalí Museum / HOK + Beck Group. St. Petersburg
- Florida (USA)
HOK, along with Beck Group, has designed a new museum to house the
works of Salvador Dalí in St. Petersburg, Florida. The architecture,
greatly inspired by the great surrealist, “combines elements
of the classical and the fantastical,” according to the
director of the museum. The design speaks to the essence of Dalí
while incorporating functional elements to combat Florida’s
tough weather.
Since Florida is prone to powerful hurricanes, the art is located
above the flood plane and housed within cast-in-place reinforced
18” thick concrete walls. The museum can protect the prized
collection from up to a Category 5 hurricane storm surge and 165mph
winds.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/71318/in-progress-salvador-dali-musuem-hok-beck-group/
[english] Narona
Archaeological Museum / Radionica Architekture (Croatia)
In the early 1990s, a team from the Archaeological Museum of Split
discovered the remains of the ancient temple of Augustus in Vid.
Above the temple ruins, an on-site archaeological museum was built.
The museum’s interior is determined by the scale of the excavated
Roman artefacts and statues while its exterior is determined by
the scale of the temple and the forum, the scale of the surrounding
ordinary houses and by the green masses of olive groves and vineyards
climbing up from the square to the church on the hill.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/75419/narona-archaeological-museum-radionica-arhitekture/
[english] Lompreta
Nolte Arquitetos Proposal for the Environment Museum Annex Competition,
Rio de Janeiro (Brazil)
Earlier this week we presented you an interesting proposal for the
Environment Museum Annex Competition and now we received an honorable
mention winner, from Lompreta Nolte Arquitetos - Daniel Feldman
and Elizabeth Añaños.
The Botanical Garden, one of the oldest institutions in all Brazil,
is a space of great relevance for the city of Rio de Janeiro. With
around 600 thousand visitants each year, it is an important touristic
spot, orientated to environmental and scientific education as well
as leisure, and recently also cultural program.
The “Cultural Complex” at the entrance of the
Botanical Garden has shown an immense growth of events, and the
Environmental Museum is supposed to be the next and one of the most
important elements of the Complex. Thus the project for the Museum
Annex is mainly a project about integration – integration
of the Museum into the existing facilities and in the environment
of the Botanical Garden.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.archdaily.com/71304/lompreta-nolte-arquitetos-proposal-for-the-environment-museum-annex-competition-rio-de-janeiro/
[english] Pacific
Island Museum Association - PIMA'S Training role
PIMA’s core business is to provide training for staff of Pacific
Island museum and cultural centre in best practice museum standards.
There is a need to teach conservation practices, which are practical
for the Pacific region. Most of these museum and cultural centre
personnel have had no training and thus no experience in working
in a properly maintained and funded museum institution. In bringing
together the cultural professionals from a vast area, the workshop
will also benefit the PIMA organisation in having a PIMA Executive
Board meeting after the workshop is completed. It is often too costly
to organise a meeting of the Board due to excessively expensive
airfares in a region covering two thirds of the world’s surface
– hence whenever a workshop is held, the Board uses this opportunity
to meet. Hence, the last Board meeting was held in Port Vila in
May 2008 immediately following the Oceanic Art Symposium funded
by the French Fonds Pacifique.
Plus information en anglais :
http://www.pima-museum.com/m/articles/view/PIMA-S-TRAINING-ROLE
La Bibliothèque numérique mondiale poursuit
son expansion
“Les bibliothèques, notamment les bibliothèques
numériques, sont au cœur même des sociétés
du savoir ; elles permettent aux individus d’avoir accès
au savoir pour le partager et l’utiliser. L’UNESCO s’est
engagée à poursuivre l’expansion de la participation
universelle à la Bibliothèque numérique mondiale
(BNM), qui reflète les valeurs et priorités de notre
Organisation”, a déclaré le sous-directeur général
de l’UNESCO pour la communication et l’information en
ouverture de la première réunion officielle des partenaires
de la BNM qui s’est tenue les 22 et 23 juin à Washington.
Plus information :
http://portal.unesco.org/ci/fr/ev.php-URL_ID=30617&URL_DO=DO_TOPIC&URL_SECTION=201.html
l'Association des musées des îles du Pacifique
(PIMA) a lancé son site Internet
Le nouveau site de l'Association des Musées des
îles du Pacifique (PIMA) a été lancé
le 15 Juillet 2010 et constitue une nouvelle plate-forme de coopération
régionale dans le domaine de la culture.
PIMA est une organisation régionale non gouvernementale basée
à Vanuatu qui aide les musées du Pacifique, les centres
culturels et les experts à préserver et promouvoir
le patrimoine, les arts et la culture des îles du Pacifique.
Depuis sa création en 1994, PIMA a entrepris des activités
dans le domaine du développement des musées et a créé
un réseau entre les musées des îles du Pacifique.
Le nouveau site Internet lancé avec le soutien de l'UNESCO
vise à renforcer l'information de PIMA et les activités
de communication, ainsi qu'à améliorer la visibilité
des cultures du Pacifique, en particulier celles de petits Etats
et territoires insulaires.
Plus information :
http://www.pima-museum.com/
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