Comments on: Brandhorst Museum by Sauerbruch Hutton

By: lex

lex — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 11:04:52 +0000

The depth/transparancy created in the facade by placing elements perpendicular on the facade is nice. It will be interesting to see the facade changing if you are moving around the building.
I don’t like to much colour, but i can understand why other people like it. I would choose alot of different greys instead of the colours.

By: Katsudon

Katsudon — Wed, 18 Feb 2009 08:30:12 +0000

Awesome! Very smart use of the double material use for the skin. The depth and color interactions are great but i guess that seeing it in real must provide the full experience.

By: J

Wed, 18 Feb 2009 00:55:33 +0000

It is good to see someone using colour, it’s about time modernism brightend up.

By: Boppie

Boppie — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 20:59:32 +0000

apparantly I’m not a big fan of s&h. I’m not enjoying the colors that much, as apparantly others do. It’s really the trademark of this office, using colors and lot’s of them. I’m not very impressed by the interior foto’s as well.

By: cado

cado — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 14:16:45 +0000

façade with different colors gives a beautiful efeicto

By: Jacques Herzog

Jacques Herzog — Tue, 17 Feb 2009 00:26:05 +0000

oh look, a polychromatic box from sauerbruch and hutton… how original.

By: LOW

LOW — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 22:23:30 +0000

If you cross your eyes… you can see a dolphin.
LOL

By: Alex

Alex — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 20:21:47 +0000

The Problem with the building is that it completely turns its back to the other museums like Pinakothek der Moderne and therefore does not connect and interact with the museum quarter.

By: WMd

WMd — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 18:19:31 +0000

Reminds me of Adjaye

By: Michael

Michael — Mon, 16 Feb 2009 15:29:54 +0000

Danke Chris,

Finally an art gallery that relates to human scale! The weight of the rails seems both heavy and light at the same time because of the materials. One of the things that bother me about art galleries is that you are almost never allowed to touch. Having a material finish like the wood on the walls at our level makes a for a nice change. No worries about marking up the white washed walls in a gallery.

The light quality is also excellent. I love the framed exterior scenes in the gallery spaces. The opposite building facades have a wonder color play like the exterior of the gallery. The windows are also set deep enough to eliminate a lot of glare too, clever.

My only criticism for the material finishes on the interior is there is not recessed kick space below the rails. I imagine those will get scuffed to some degree. It is mostly an aesthetic thing for me, as I like to see a negative reveal where the rail meets the floor. Especially because the grain of the wood flows with the rail instead of marching across the floor.

This is another quality project from Berlin, congrats.