The architectural dimension of museums

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My decision to retain the architectural dimension of museums in their modern and contemporary acceptation as the central theme of my study has been orientated by personal grounds as well as it has been prompted by technical reasons. Indeed, my profound interest in architecture has invited me to consider the option of adopting this viewpoint in order to approach the problematic of the course inasmuch as it has incited me to believe that this discipline permits a number of interesting theoretical developments. The confrontation of these intrinsically linked subjective and objective selection criteria may explain why I estimate that the focus on this specific topic involves a more accurate and complete survey of the problem handled by my assignment. With a view of comprehending the main purposes of the museum within the framework of this museological exercise, the present research aims to look into the various functions that are assigned to what is commonly defined as a permanent public institution of acquisition, conservation and exhibition of valuable items.

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[...] The presence of the IRCAM an institute of research in contemporary music is signalled by a 25 meters high tower the brick walls of which assure an explicit continuity with the adjoining building. Towards 1997, R. Piano organizes the sculpture studio of C. Brancusi by maintaining the initial zenithal light system. In the year 2000, the complex reopens after having manifested its promotion of movement arts namely dance, theater and cinema through the instauration of a pole reserved to spectacles. [...]

[...] Bennet, The Birth of the Museum, London: Routledge [1995] 2. Articles - M. Bailey, Stedelijk Museum is slammed in The Art Newspaper, n°139, September 2003 - F. Chaolin, Beaubourg, machin, machine in Métamorphoses Parisiennes, Paris: Pavillon de l'Arsenal Web sites - www.stedelijk.nl: official web site of the Stedelijk Museum of Amsterdam - www.amsterdam.nl: link to the complete report by the Sanders Committee (in Dutch only) - www.cnac-gp.fr ou www.centrepompidou.fr: official web site of the Centre National d'Art et de Culture Georges Pompidou of Paris - www.moma.org: official web site of the Modern Art Museum of New York City Front page photographs (from left to right) - L. [...]

[...] Concurrently with the process of renovation, there is an entire program of extensions since the director's motto is openness. In the phase 1945-1954, the total floor area is considerably enlarged thanks to the insertion of intermediate stories that compose the Print Cabinet. About three-quarters of the new space are devoted to photographic studios, offices, depot and restoration. The rest expands the exhibition space from in 1945 to in 1954, which results in the doubling of the number of visitors, reaching per year at the end of the period. [...]

[...] Vieira are incompatible with its future role, function and significance although they adequately respond to the shortage of space arisen during the last decades. In fact, despite the annexes being added and the intermediate floors being introduced into the main building by the 1950s and the 1960s, the surface is henceforth too narrow. The architectural restructuration therefore appears necessary albeit insufficient to remedy the deplorable situation pointed out by the Sanders Committee report in the sense that it has to be accompanied by an organizational renovation so as to upgrade the current primitive conditions of conservation and exhibition of the art pieces The Modern Art Museum (New York City, USA): The complexity of an edifice in constant expansion Fruit of the ambition of three influential progressive patrons of the arts, Miss L. [...]

[...] The architectural dimension of museums My decision to retain the architectural dimension of museums in their modern and contemporary acceptation as the central theme of my study has been orientated by personal grounds as well as it has been prompted by technical reasons. Indeed, my profound interest in architecture has invited me to consider the option of adopting this viewpoint in order to approach the problematic of the course inasmuch as it has incited me to believe that this discipline permits a number of interesting theoretical developments. [...]