2019 Winner
Communication Design

Museum Reinhard Ernst

Museum Reinhard Ernst

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2019 Winner
Communication Design

Museum Reinhard Ernst

Studio

Q, Wiesbaden, Germany

Designer(s)

Thilo von Debschitz

Client

Museum Reinhard Ernst

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PRINCIPAL TYPE:
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CONCEPT:
The Museum Reinhard Ernst is a museum for abstract art. Because abstraction is the process of omitting parts or elements, we cut out a portion of the letterforms in the acronym “mre.” The museum’s building, designed by famous Japanese architect Fumihiko Maki, is based on a distinctive concept: Viewed from above, the building’s plan reveals that a large square atrium is cut out of the building corpus. The square open space symbolizes paintings or works of art that will be displayed in the museum. It also conveys a sense of the mental openness that we practice while contemplating abstract art.

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