This year’s “Best Cultural Destination†is a museum of contemporary art in South Africa.
The jury agreed that “the architect Thomas Heatherwick's design is breathtaking and dedicated to the dissemination and exchange of contemporary African artâ€.
The "2018 Leading Culture Destinations Awards" was announced, and the winner of this award was the South African Museum of Contemporary Art Zeitz MOCAA.
This award is regarded as the “Oscar Award in the Museumâ€. The jury unanimously chose the Zeitz MOCAA Museum of Contemporary Art, arguing that “the architect Thomas Heatherwick's design is amazing and dedicated to the dissemination and exchange of contemporary African artâ€.
On September 22, 2017, Zeitz MOCAA was officially opened to the public at the Victoria & Alfred Waterfront in Cape Town. Designed by London design studio Heatherwick Studio, it became the world's largest dedicated to Africa. Museum of contemporary art of its diaspora.
The museum spans 10 floors and is built with the weight of the historic Grain Silo Complex, which covers an area of ​​9,500 square meters. This ancient warehouse was deactivated as early as 1990. It witnessed the industrial history of Cape Town and was once the tallest building in South Africa. It has not been effectively utilized for many years and has only been reserved as a spiritual symbol. .
After considering the farm and parking plan, the local area finally decided to transform it into an art museum.
In November 2013, Jochen Zeitz, former chairman of the German Puma Company, and Mark Coetzee, South African curator, decided to take over the project and create a museum that would showcase local contemporary art and collect African contemporary art collections that they have accumulated for many years. The product is displayed.
The Zeitz MOCAA project was formally established as a non-profit public cultural institution at a cost of £30 million. They found Heatherwick Studio, who designed the British pavilion at the Shanghai World Expo, to design the helm at the helm. This also presents a new challenge for Thomas Heatherwick, the first project on the African continent.
Thomas Heatherwick believes that it is necessary to preserve the original building and the history of the barn building. “We can easily push down the old building and rebuild a huge museum building. But the problem is that people may only be outside the building. Self-portraits, but not indoors. In a place where there is a serious lack of museum culture, our challenge is to create a fascinating interior that draws people into the art."
The gallery and atrium spaces are embedded in a honeycomb structure of 42 pipes inside the silo, including 80 gallery spaces, roof sculpture gardens, art storage and conservation areas, bookstores, restaurants, bars and reading rooms. The museum also has a number of spaces featuring clothing, photography, curation, motion graphics, behavioral practice and art education.
How to transform 42 concrete pipes into spaces suitable for art display has become the biggest difficulty of the project, and it is also necessary to consider retaining the old industrial traces of the building.
The architect built an atrium like a vaulted church inside the building, making it the heart of the museum. The atrium opens a hole in the center of the building, providing a path for the various exhibition areas in the atrium.
The architect remodeled the existing pipeline to give the 4,600 m3 atrium a curved geometry. The edges of the cut are polished and mirrored to contrast the overall construction of the concrete. The top of each curved pipe is fitted with a 6-meter-diameter laminated glass to provide natural light to the atrium. The remaining internal pipes were demolished, providing 6,000 square meters of display space for 80 galleries.
The tower building is a multi-purpose building that combines boutique hotels, event spaces and other uses.
It is worth mentioning that the original façade of this barn is covered with a layer of beige paint. Heatherwick believes that the façade does not match the identity of the museum, so it is stripped to reveal a thick, industrial texture. The concrete texture has the grey appearance of today.
Recently, AEA Consulting's second annual Cultural Infrastructure Index pointed out that 107 new cultural facilities were opened in the world last year, 6 more than in 2016. Adrian Ellis, founder of AEA, said: “Many well-functioning buildings have expanded the definition of art, entertainment and 'experienceal' cultural architecture, such as the Zeitz MOCAA in Cape Town and the Beijing Guardian Art Center, which reflect the art infrastructure. Has played an important role in the experience economy."
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