MOSHE SAFDIE:
MUSEUM ARCHITECTURE 1971 - 1998
If I forget thee, Jerusalem, Between Memory and Identity
PROJECTS
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A New Wing for the National Gallery of Ireland, Dublin |
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"I felt that the inner part of the building, which is made of stone (at night, through the glass, it looks like a facade) relates to the adjacent stone facades on the Dublin street. In different light conditions the glass facade speaks in a different language to that of the surroundings, a language that allows itself to be something else." From a conversation between Moshe Safdie and the author of the catalog, 13 May 1998. |
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Client: The National Gallery of Ireland |
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Date of the competition : 1996 |
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Architects : Moshe Safdie and Associates, Architects |
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Area : 5,000 sq. m. |
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Materials : Concrete, glass, limestone, metal |
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Lighting : Natural light supported by artificial lighting |
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Cost : 12.5 million pounds Sterling |
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Unbuilt (Safdie's proposal reached the final short-list of ten competitors. The winners: Gordon Benson and Alan Forsyth). |