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Coop Himmelb(l) au section at the Groninger Museum NL
The Groninger Museum opened in 1994. Right from the outset, it was certain that the new Groninger Museum would be designed by several architects. Alessandro Mendini chose designers and architects for this purpose: Philipe Starck, Michele de Lucchi and Coop Himmelb(l)au.
Mendini asked invited three guest architects to design pavilions for the new Groninger Museum: the Italian designer Michele de Lucchi, Philippe Starck from Paris, and Coop Himmelb(l) au from Vienna. Mendini also worked with Dutch architects and designers such as the Groningen architectural office Team 4, Albert Geertjes and Geert Koster. For the large-scale revitalisation in 2010, the Groninger Museum appointed another three top designers, all approved by Mendini, of course. Dutch designers Maarten Baas and Studio Job and the Spanish designer Jaime Hayon laid out three new spaces in the museum: the Mendini Restaurant, the Job Lounge and the Info Center.
Mendini regarded the application of decoration as something deeply rooted in humankind. In contrast to the Functionalists, who reject decoration because it hides the function and who therefore create impersonal mass products, he wishes to emphasise, by means of decoration, that everything and everyone can be individually different. In the museum building, the cheerfully coloured tiles on the exterior and the mosaics at the entrance and on the staircase are striking examples of this decorative urge.
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Coop Himmelb(l) au section at the Groninger Museum NL
The Groninger Museum opened in 1994. Right from the outset, it was certain that the new Groninger Museum would be designed by several architects. Alessandro Mendini chose designers and architects for this purpose: Philipe Starck, Michele de Lucchi and Coop Himmelb(l)au.
Mendini asked invited three guest architects to design pavilions for the new Groninger Museum: the Italian designer Michele de Lucchi, Philippe Starck from Paris, and Coop Himmelb(l) au from Vienna. Mendini also worked with Dutch architects and designers such as the Groningen architectural office Team 4, Albert Geertjes and Geert Koster. For the large-scale revitalisation in 2010, the Groninger Museum appointed another three top designers, all approved by Mendini, of course. Dutch designers Maarten Baas and Studio Job and the Spanish designer Jaime Hayon laid out three new spaces in the museum: the Mendini Restaurant, the Job Lounge and the Info Center.
Mendini regarded the application of decoration as something deeply rooted in humankind. In contrast to the Functionalists, who reject decoration because it hides the function and who therefore create impersonal mass products, he wishes to emphasise, by means of decoration, that everything and everyone can be individually different. In the museum building, the cheerfully coloured tiles on the exterior and the mosaics at the entrance and on the staircase are striking examples of this decorative urge.