Contents

Feature:
Exhibition Space

Currents:
OMA Designs High-Rise Building in Rotterdam
LAB Architecture Wins Newcastle Region Art Gallery Competition
Presentation on the Design Process of Freedom Tower
Exhibition Report: Tatzu Nishino Chri in the sky at Maison Herms

Feature:
Exhibition Space

The mesmerizing appearance of the Guggenheim Museum Bilbao in 1997 was a shock to the world. People rushed to Bilbao and upon seeing the brightly glistening form discovered new architecture.
However, overwhelmed by this form, people did not problematize questions of what is being displayed in the art museum, what art works are housed, and what is the relationship between the space and the exhibits.
Nearly a decade has passed since then, and art works and architecture are engaged in a new discourse. As Germain Viatte notes in his essay in this issue, there is a great deal of architecture emerging that focuses on the contents of an art museum. As he stated, Today, museology cannot limit itself to exhibiting works in a high-prestige, monumental building. The museum must be in tune with both the spirit and the letter of its contents.
In this issue, we introduce new exhibition spaces, as exemplified by the Muse du Quai Branly, centered on the vital relationship between the museum and the exhibited works.

Essay: Traditional Cultures in a 21st Century Museum
Germain Viatte

Jean Nouvel
Muse du Quai Branly

OMA
Seoul National University Museum

Wandel Hoefer Lorch + Hirsch
Document Centre Hinzert

Dorell.Ghotmeh.Tane/Architects
The New Estonian National Museum

Daniel Libeskind
Danish Jewish Museum

Interview: Barry Bergdoll / Next MoMA Chief Architecture Curator

Peter Eisenman
City of Culture of Galicia

Conix Architecten
Renovation Atomium

Steven Holl Architects
Herning Center of the Arts

UN Studio van Berkel & Bos
Extension Te Papa Museum

Staab Architekten
Service Centre on Theresienwiese

schmidt hammer lassen
ARoS Aarhus Kunstmuseum

MSPH Architects
Visitors Center Gusen

David Chipperfield
Museum of Modern Literature

Series:
New Relationship between Landscape Architecture and Urban Design Part 6
Socipolis: The Rurban Hybrid
Lucy Bullivant