| RIGA CONTEMPORARY ART MUSEUM, LATVIA, RIGA, 2006 |
| Design for a Museum of Contemporary Baltic Art |
By OMA© All rights reserved
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Over the past 20 years two types of spaces have come to dominate the display of art: 1. The ‘pristine white room’, representing the view that the display of art is best served by an absence of context allowing the work to ‘shine’ autonomously and be perceived in its own right. 2. The ‘appropriated backdrop’: often old industrial remains of which the spaces are to provide ‘added drama’ to the art work. Such spaces have also in part accommodated a trend where the contemporary art work has become increasingly extravagant and occasionally too big to be housed in ‘traditional’ museum spaces. more... |
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FACT SHEET
Status: Commision 2006 Client: Latvian Government Location: Riga, Latvia Site: Riga Free Port Area on the island of Andrejsala Program: 16.000 m2 website: http://www.camriga.lv/ PUBLICATIONS Diena, 10/05/2006 |
CREDITS
Partners in charge: Rem Koolhaas, Reinier de Graaf Associates in charge: Beth Hughes, Miho Mazereeuw Team: Andrea Bertassi, Anders Berensson, Daniele de Benedictis, Gabriela Bojalil, Maria Derevencova, Markus Dettling, Arjan Geelhoed, Soe Hwang, Keigo Kobayashi, Klaas Kresse, Ilze Kruskopa, Mara Liepa-Zemesa, Martin Murrenhoff, Ludvig Netre, Marc Paulin, Todd Reisz, Koen Stockbroekx, Daliana Suryawinata, Alice Wong |
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