Opening Museo Jumex in Mexico City
18/11/2013.
[VIDEO] from Fundación Jumex [MEX] Mexico 19/11/2013
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The Museo Jumex opens in November 2013, taking its place as the new main platform of Fundación Jumex Arte Contemporáneo. Get a preview of the building and the foundation's plans for this site.
Exterior view. Photography © René Castelán Foglia.
Staircase. Photography © Michel Jean Philippe.
Exhibition room. Photography © Michel Jean Philippe.
Exhibition room. Photography. Courtesy of FJAC.
Exhibition room. Photography courtesy of FJAC.
Exhibition room. Photography courtesy of FJAC.
Interior view. Photograpy © Michel Jean Philippe.
Interior view. Photograpy © Michel Jean Philippe.
Interior view. Photograpy © Michel Jean Philippe.
Interior view. Photograpy © Michel Jean Philippe.
Sketch by David Chipperfield
Ground floor plan.
First floor plan.
Second floor plan.
Third floor plan.
Section.
Exterior view. Photography © René Castelán Foglia.
Exterior view. Photography © René Castelán Foglia.
Exterior view. Photography © René Castelán Foglia.
London firm David Chipperfield Architects collaborated with local studio TAAU on the design of the building, which features walls of concrete and locally sourced white travertine, as well as a sawtooth roof that brings natural light into the top floor galleries.
According to the architects, the structure "appears as a freestanding pavilion that corresponds to the eclectic nature of the neighbouring buildings".
The museum includes 1,600 m2 of exhibition space that will allow the Foundation to offer expanded academic and educational programming aimed at those interested in contemporary art. It’s built on a 2,500 m2 lot, the museum is distributed across five floors that incorporate two levels designated as exhibition spaces, a level for educational and academic programs, a bookstore, a café and the foundation’s headquarters.
The museum is also hosting a programme of educational activities and temporary exhibitions, including the first show by American artist Cy Twombly in Latin America.
Production: Buró-Buró
Realization: Inbox Films
Music: Dario González Valderrama
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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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