Barjeel Museum for Modern Arab Art,
Rifat Chadirji Prize by @tamayouz.award
International Competition, 2019.
Honourable Mention.
THE STATEMENT OF ART
This
Museum offers a space experience with forms that produce visual effects of
light and shadow. Spacious and flexible space is useful for accommodating
various forms of modern art, including performance art, both indoors and outdoors.
The facade pulled deep into the site produces a spacious, shady entrance
located in the southeast.
The
location of the museum which is in a historic place and rich in culture
inspires the shape of the museum as an art itself. It is expected to be a
symbol of modern art, technological
progress and green evolution. Calligraphy, the combination of visual art and
communication, can be adapted to various media, including architecture. Barjeel
Museum for Modern Arab Art sign is
shown on its facade in the form of calligraphy and turns it into an iconic
buildings. The unique arrangement of the gallery is based on the
media and how to appreciate it with the senses. All of the senses — sight,
sound, touch, smell, and taste — are a part of the museum experience by making
a multisensory booklet for visitors to carry around as they view the art.
The
museum produces its own energy from a facade that uses fully tempered laminated
safety glass. It is equipped with high-efficiency photovoltaic mono crystalline
cells (Si - PERC). It is based on a filtering interlayer, a printing technique
and the use of photovoltaic solar cells. The glass used in front is a textured
glass for making the white matte and to avoid reflections.
