YARAT Education: ALEXANDER SCHWARZ gives lecture on Museums
14 May 13
'Talks about the Museum: Time Machines - Museums in the 21st Century'
Talk by Alexander Schwarz
YARAT Contemporary Art Space and the Goethe-Institute cordially invite you to a lecture of by Alexander Schwarzc (Art Director, Chipperfield Architects, Berlin).
The talk is part of a series and called 'Talks about the Museum: Time Machines - Museums in the 21st Century'. The lecture will be held in German with Russian translation.
(length 1 hour 30 mins)
14 May, at 17:00
UNS Creative Stage
Address: 69 Neftchilyar Avenue
Admission: FREE
Alexander Schwarz
Managing Director, David Chipperfield Architects (Berlin)
Alexander Schwarz studied architecture at the Eidgenoessische Technische Hochschule Zurich, the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kuenste Stu gart and the Universitaet Stu gart, aer compleng an educaon in violin making. He has worked for David Chipperfield Architects since 1996, inially in London and since 1998 in Berlin. In 2006 Alexander became a managing director and in 2011 a partner in the Berlin office. As design director, he is responsible for the design of numerous projects and compeons, including the Neues Museum and the James Simon Gallery on Berlin's Museum Island, the Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach and the Museum Folkwang in Essen. Alexander has furthermore held academic teaching posions, most recently as vising professor at Muenster School of Architecture inGermany.
Museum of Modern Literature, Marbach am Neckar, Germany
The Museum of Modern Literature in Marbach am Neckar, Germany was awarded the presgious RIBA Srling Prize in October 2007. Overlooking the valley of the historic Neckar River, affording it panoramic views of the surrounding landscape, it is located in a space of 3,800m² on top of a rocky plateau in Marbach's scenic park. The building was designed by David Chipperfield of the eponymous architecture firm, together with Alexander Schwarz, the project architect. Although justly proud of their award winning building, Schwarz is convinced that Chipperfield's best building is his own house, a comment that speaks volumes as to the pair's humanist vision of architecture. The museum has an entrance that is located at its highest point allowing visitors to descend into the heart of the building unl they reach the tradionally dark mberpanelled exhibion galleries.
David Chipperfield Architects
www.davidchipperfield.co.uk
David Chipperfield Architects was founded in 1985 and has offices in London, Berlin, Milan and Shanghai. The pracce works internaonally on cultural, residenal and commercial projects providing full architectural and interior design, masterplanning, product and furniture design services for both public and private sectors. Our diverse built porolio includes museums and galleries, libraries, apartments, private houses, hotels, offices, masterplans, and retail facilies. David Chipperfield Architects has won more than fiy naonal and internaonal compeons and many internaonal awards and citaons for design excellence, including RlBA, RF AC and AlA awards, as well as the RlBA Srling Prize in 2007, and the European Union Prize for Contemporary Architecture - Mies van der Rohe Award in 2011.
