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View from Museum Island, East elevation
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View from "Eiserne Bruecke"
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Entrance hall
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Exhibition room, first floor
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Exhibition room, second floor
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Roof terrace, third floor
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Second floor plan
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Third floor plan
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Gallery Building Am Kupfergraben 10
David Chipperfield Architects. Berlin, Germany
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Name of work in English
Gallery Building Am Kupfergraben 10
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Name of work in original language
Galeriehaus Am Kupfergraben 10
Prize year
EUmies Awards 2009
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Work Location
Berlin, Germany
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Studio
David Chipperfield Architects
EUmies Awards 2009 Shortlisted
Collaborators
Others: Alexander Schwarz, David Chipperfield Architects; Project architect: Barbara Koller, David Chipperfield Architects; Coordination: Not Defined BAL Bauplanungs- und Steuerungs GmbH, Berlin; Structural engineering: Not Defined Ingenieurgruppe Bauen, Karlsruhe/Berlin; Engineering: Not Defined JMP Ingenieurgesellschaft mbH, Stuttgart/Berlin, Not Defined KMS Beratungs- und Planungsgesellschaft mbH, Berlin; Quantity surveyor: Not Defined Nanna F; Construction company: Not Defined Dre; Collaborator (office): Martina Betzold, Laura Fogarasi, David Chipperfield Architects, Andrea Hartmann, David Chipperfield Architects, Hannah Jonas, David Chipperfield Architects; Others: Harald Mueller, David Chipperfield Architects; Collaborator (office): Elke Saleina, David Chipperfield Architects
Program
Culture
Completion
2007
The fourstorey gallery building is located on the Kupfergraben canal, a remarkable site overlooking the Lustgarten and Berlin's Museum Island. The composition of the new volume reacts to its immediate context of historic perimeter development, while the scale of its window openings reflects the urban dimensions of a corner building. Solid materials that will age well characterise the exterior, and the interior is defined by daylight and proportion. The gallery spaces are kept simple: large, loftlike rooms with natural side lighting. In contrast to a museum, the intention was to create spaces where one can live, work, or show art in a townhouse dedicated to the arts, not isolated from the world, but directly related to the cultural heart of the city.