*컴템퍼러리 아트 뮤지엄 [ MX_SI ] Gösta Serlachius New Contemporary Art Museum

핀란드 멘테에 새로운 컴템퍼러리 아트 뮤지엄 Gösta Serlachius 이 신축된다. -petrified숲과 역사적인 Joennimei manor가 한켜에 자리한 대형광장과 맞다 있다.-  증가하는 박물관 소장품의 수용능력 확보 및 역사적인 장소의 시간을 연속시키는 건축환경 구축을 목표로 시작한다. 이는 기존공간; 오리지널에 대한 존중을 바탕으로 하는 모던한 건축언어의 사용, 그리고 이를 통해 발현되는 아이텐티한 건축으로 완성된다.

공간의 풍부함 또한 내부와 외부의 대화로 생성되는 유동성, 연속성을 통해 발현된다. 여기서 뮤지엄은 한발 더 나아가 주변환경과 조화로운 관계를 맺는 축생성, 배치 그리고 외형을 디자인한다. 뮤지엄의 외형적 특징을 표현하는 버티컬 밀리언은 내부의 리드믹컬 구조미를 강화하는 동시에 자연환기 및 자연채광을 확보하는 지속가능한 파사드로 디자인된다. 스푸러스 우드 스트립을 비틀어 3차원 질감을 느끼는 텍스쳐를 만든다.

reviewed by SJ,오사

The solution provided by MX_SI for new Contemporary Art Museum Gösta Serlachius in Mänttä, Finland, has enabled the facilities to be adapted to host contemporary art travelling exhibitions while solving the problem of space due to museum’s own growing collection.

The new building is erected against a backdrop of an abstract petrified forest and is situated to form an entrance plaza alongside the historically important Joennimei manor. MX_SI collaborated with Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen Architects in Helsinki as local partners for the development of the project and construction site supervision.

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Program: museum
Architects: MX_SI (Boris Bežan, Héctor Mendoza, Mara Partida)
Team: Oscar Fabian Espinosa,Olga Bomač, Elsa Bertran, Mariona Oliver, Jure Kolenc
Local Architect: Huttunen-Lipasti-Pakkanen Architects Oy
Structural Consultant: A-Insinöörit Oy
Electrical Consultant: Sähkötekniikka Kari Siren Oy
Landscape Architect: Maisemasuunnittelu Hemgård
Geo Consultant: Ramboll Finland Oy
Project Manager: Pöyry CM Oy
HVA-Consultant: AIRIX Talotekniikka Oy
Fire Consultant: Pöyry Finland Oy
Sign design: Petitcomite
Construction company: Jämsän Kone- ja Rakennuspalvelu Oy
Budget: € 19,500,000 (Museum); € 500,000 (Bridge)
Area: 5,700 sqm
Completion: 2014

The new building respects what was originally there while ensuring the possibility to create its own architecture with modern language without losing its identity. The spatial richness generated by the fluid and continuous dialogue between the interior and exterior atmospheres in conjunction with the harmony of the projected volume, and how it has adapted to the landscape around its perimeter area are the values which have been transferred and made their mark on the project.

Parallel to the construction of the new building, MX_SI has been commissioned to undertake the opportunity to connect the museum, located in a park on the shores of Lake Melasjärvi, with the island of Taavetinsaari, achieving a natural increase in external exhibition space. A bridge was constructed with a simple, singular structure, keeping the formal and conceptual appearance of the initial project. An element that coexists with the integration of the works of art into the landscape, which in addition to the signage of the building, was also supervised by MX_SI architectural studio.

As a starting point, the place is understood as a large green canvas with the imposing monolithic figure of the Joenniemi Manor House at its highest point. A landscape which together with the old house comprises a heritage with cultural significance for the citizens of Mänttä and the Serlachius family.

The project strategy is to establish a dialogue between the new and the existing by positioning the new construction so that Joenniemi continues to take centre stage, and at the same time the new museum does not lose the opportunity to express its character and contemporary presence. The solution was therefore to arrange the new volume parallel to the axis established between the house, the garden and the lake. An access plaza to the building was created, where the Joenniemi building continues to dominate the vistas of the area, and as the land descends and approaches the lakeside the new building becomes higher and more prominent.

The project is conceptualized as an abstract and dense forest. A forest that represents and translates into a series of parallel wooden frames that define the geometry and structure of the new building. The structural framework is constructed with laminated spruce wood as it is abundant in the area and in turn makes an historical reference about the local industry.

On the outside, the building presents a series of vertical mullions that follow and emphasize the rhythm of the interior structure. Between the mullions a ventilated facade system was designed of spruce wood strips twisted independently to the tectonic limit of the material itself, thereby achieving an effect of a three-dimensional texture that varies along the entire elevation.

The facade idea also considered the effect of time on a living material like wood, so it was decided to add a semi-transparent golden hue to all its elements. During the first years the building will thus maintain a consistent image that will fade to make way for the desired silver tones that characterize this wood as it ages.

To reduce the visual impact of a building in such a sensitive environment, the building seeks to decompose into smaller fragments. The volume is interrupted by certain cuts, or irregularly shaped incisions, which are covered with a reflective glass surface. The result of these incisions is the perception of spaces of infinite mirrors; doors or forest walkways optically subdividing the building transversely.

Inside, the building is organized to continue with the path which starts from the outside. This path is crossed by a sudden and surprising invasion of light caused mainly by the incisions in the volume of the building that also offer exterior views. These invasions transform what would have been a lineal path into an emotional one, thanks to the rhythm of the constant repetition of the structural frames and interruptions that allow external spaces to penetrate inside the building.

Technically, this project represents one of the first examples of large-scale public buildings in Finland to have been built with structures, external walls and finishes in wood. Despite the strict fire regulations, it was possible to leave the structural wooden frames visible inside the entire building. It was important to avoid covering the structure to perceive the smooth texture of the material and the curved surface of the ceiling accentuated by the steady rhythm of the beams.

This structure was also designed to give greater flexibility to the interior spaces when planning future exhibitions. Supports have been left at the sides thus freeing up on building elements and releasing the central parts of the galleries, the frames have also been calculated to be able to hold pieces of large scale works of art which can even be hung from the roof beams.

As the park became part of the journey for the senses and the museum visitor experience, the project also began to take on part of the outside on a larger scale. New parkland areas were renovated and introduced , the bridge connecting the park with the island Taavetinsaari was designed and new elements of art were also positioned in the landscape , such as the sculptures by Harry Kivijärvi, works which in turn pose a new dialogue between the museum and the natural environment in which it is located.

from  domusweb