Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield
25/06/2020.
[Künzelsau] Alemania [Künzelsau] Germany
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The annex to the cultural and convention center Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau, Baden-Württemberg, designed by David Chipperfield Architects, is completed.
With a total floor space of 5,500 square meters, the new wing adds a multi-purpose conference area and an art museum along with café and foyer to the chamber music hall and the Great Hall.
The art museum, Museum Würth 2, will open its doors to the general public on 28 June.
It presents principal works of modern and contemporary art of the Würth Collection. Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG spent roughly EUR 39 million on the annex. The keys were officially handed over on Sunday, 21 June.
With a total floor space of 5,500 square meters, the new wing adds a multi-purpose conference area and an art museum along with café and foyer to the chamber music hall and the Great Hall.
The art museum, Museum Würth 2, will open its doors to the general public on 28 June.
It presents principal works of modern and contemporary art of the Würth Collection. Adolf Würth GmbH & Co. KG spent roughly EUR 39 million on the annex. The keys were officially handed over on Sunday, 21 June.
Belvedere with view into sculpture garden. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Exterior view. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Forecourt. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Ufuk Arslan
Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Conference area. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Museum Würth 2, exhibition room with daylight atmosphere. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Museum Würth 2, Cabinet. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Chamber music hall. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Chamber music hall Carmen. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Ufuk Arslan
Chamber music hall Carmen. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Ufuk Arslan
Chamber music hall Carmen. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Ufuk Arslan
Chamber music hall Carmen Würth Forum. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau is completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Opening concert chamber music hall. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau is completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Andi Schmid, Münchenvid Chipperfield. Photograph by
Great Hall. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau is completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Andi Schmid, München
Opening evening. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by andi Schmid, München
Site plan. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield.
Site plan, Annexe. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield.
Location plan, Annexe. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield.
Basement plan. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield.
Ground floor plan. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield.
Section. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield.
Section. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield.
Section. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield.
Ground floor plan detail. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau completed by David Chipperfield.
Chamber music hall Carmen Würth Forum. Carmen Würth Forum in Künzelsau is completed by David Chipperfield. Photograph by Simon Menges
Museum Würth 2, featuring rooms with a height of more than five meters, provides ideal conditions for highlights of contemporary and modern art of the Würth Collection.
The annex fulfils the wish of entrepreneur and collector Reinhold Würth to create a space where the masterpieces of artists of the late 19th, the 20th and 21st century in the Würth Collection can be put on permanent display, similar to the permanent exhibition of the Old Masters of the Würth Collection at Johanniterkirche in Schwäbisch Hall.
A frosted glass ceiling ensures subtle changes in illumination. The completely glassed belvedere of Museum Würth 2 opens out onto the Hohenlohe landscape and the spacious sculpture park around Carmen Würth Forum, displaying works by such internationally acclaimed sculptors as Niki de Saint Phalle all the way to Tony Cragg. The cabinet on the lower floor is reserved for smaller formats and light-sensitive works.
A leafy interior court, the adjacent museum shop and Café Atrium connect the museum and the conference area.
The new conference area includes eleven rooms that can be connected to house up to 700 people. On top of the Great Hall suitable for events attended by up to 2,500 people, these meeting rooms are perfectly suited for smaller gatherings or large events with workshops and committee meetings organized in parallel to the main event.
Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Reinhold Würth, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group's Family Trusts, called the official opening of Museum Würth 2 with an exhibition of the high points of the collection "a kind of a finale of my life’s mission, my life’s work."
The Würth Collection comprises about 18,300 works of art from about five centuries that the entrepreneur has put together in the course of almost fifty years. "Carmen Würth Forum constitutes a very unusual combination of art, culture and business which is precisely what makes it so special. Now, Carmen Würth Forum is the power center of the entire Würth Group." In 2020, the Würth Group looks back on 75 years of corporate history.
The annex fulfils the wish of entrepreneur and collector Reinhold Würth to create a space where the masterpieces of artists of the late 19th, the 20th and 21st century in the Würth Collection can be put on permanent display, similar to the permanent exhibition of the Old Masters of the Würth Collection at Johanniterkirche in Schwäbisch Hall.
A frosted glass ceiling ensures subtle changes in illumination. The completely glassed belvedere of Museum Würth 2 opens out onto the Hohenlohe landscape and the spacious sculpture park around Carmen Würth Forum, displaying works by such internationally acclaimed sculptors as Niki de Saint Phalle all the way to Tony Cragg. The cabinet on the lower floor is reserved for smaller formats and light-sensitive works.
A leafy interior court, the adjacent museum shop and Café Atrium connect the museum and the conference area.
The new conference area includes eleven rooms that can be connected to house up to 700 people. On top of the Great Hall suitable for events attended by up to 2,500 people, these meeting rooms are perfectly suited for smaller gatherings or large events with workshops and committee meetings organized in parallel to the main event.
Prof. Dr. h. c. mult. Reinhold Würth, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of the Würth Group's Family Trusts, called the official opening of Museum Würth 2 with an exhibition of the high points of the collection "a kind of a finale of my life’s mission, my life’s work."
The Würth Collection comprises about 18,300 works of art from about five centuries that the entrepreneur has put together in the course of almost fifty years. "Carmen Würth Forum constitutes a very unusual combination of art, culture and business which is precisely what makes it so special. Now, Carmen Würth Forum is the power center of the entire Würth Group." In 2020, the Würth Group looks back on 75 years of corporate history.
“With the second construction stage, we will complete Carmen Würth Forum and implement Reinhold Würth’s vision of a building as a meeting place and gesture to the employees of Würth. It is a symbol of their community beyond the workplace and an interface between the company and the general public.”
David Chipperfield.
Museum 2 will open with the exhibition “The Long View. Reinhold Würth and His Art Collection”, a distillation of about 150 outstanding contemporary and modern works of art. Visitors will encounter classic works of the Würth Collection by Georg Baselitz, Max Beckmann, Max Ernst, David Hockney, Anish Kapoor, Anselm Kiefer, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Robert Longo, Pablo Picasso and Gerhard Richter.
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David Chipperfield
David Chipperfield was born in London in 1953 and studied architecture at the Kingston School of Art and the Architectural Association School of Architecture in London before working at the practices of Douglas Stephen, Richard Rogers and Norman Foster.
In 1985 he founded David Chipperfield Architects, which today has over 300 staff at its offices in London, Berlin, Milan and Shanghai.
David Chipperfield has taught and held conferences in Europe and the United States and has received honorary degrees from the universities of Kingston and Kent.
He is a member of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) and an honorary fellow of both the American Institute of Architects (AIA) and the Bund Deutscher Architekten (BDA). In 2009 he was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany and in 2010 he received a knighthood for services to architecture in the UK and Germany. In 2011 he received the RIBA Royal Gold Medal for Architecture and in 2013 the Praemium Imperiale from the Japan Art Association, while in 2021 he was appointed a member of the Order of the Companions of Honour in recognition of a lifetime’s work.
In 2012 he curated the 13th International Architecture Exhibition of the Venice Biennale.
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