That, as a world cultural heritage defined, ‘Neues Museum’ in Berlin has opened it’s doors again since over 50 years of absence. The british Star architect, David Chipperfield has been asked 1997 to restore the building under strict preservation orders to give back the charm it used to have before World War II. It has been attacked heavily by bombs between 1943-45, and has been run down during DDR times.
The result however is stunning. He produced a symbiosis of great light incidence methods in modern architecture in relation to the late classicism of the museum and whatever has been rescued from this old ruin.
Lately, the whole cultural scene in Berlin is talking about it. A german architecture critic, Dieter Bartetzko, summarized:
“The first time on, it is not the contrast between a faultless facade and completely damaged ancient relics that soaks the crowd in, additionally. It rather is the fact, mentally and physically, that this Museum must pay tribute to destroyed times such as the antiques it carries.”
To understand his meaning better I recommend the virtual tour on their homepage:
Take the virtual tour through the “Neues Museum”
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