Key：Germany

项目概况:

The new Kolumba Art Museum designed by Pritzker Prize-winning and Swiss well-known architect is situated on the ruins of a late-Gothic church, Cologne, Germany, a city that was almost completely destroyed in World War II. Peter Zumthor transfers the sum of the existing fragments into one complete building parallel the street with the distinctive outline, the architect successfully shows the respect to the ruins and history, to make people think and feel, its spiritual values. The facade of grey brick integrates the remnants of the church’s facade into a new face for the contemporary museum. Articulated with perforations, the brick work allows diffused light to fill specific spaces of the museum. As the seasons change, the mottled light shifts and plays across the ruins, creating a peaceful ever-changing environment. The museum includes 16 different exhibition rooms and, at the heart of the building, a secret garden courtyard – a quiet and secluded place for reflection. The materiality plays such an important role in the overall design, and Zumthor, known for taking his time to develop projects, searched quite a while for the perfect material. Eventually, he adopted the bricks specifically developed for this project combined with the ruined gothic church form the unique skin of the building.