- Title
- Kunstareal Orientation system: An innovative orientation system / Die Neue Sammlung, The Internation Design Museum
- Creators
- Nitzan Cohen - -, Faculty of Design and Art
- Format
- Corian, Stainless steel, Div;The system is characterized by its black and white abstract elements -two swiveling seating elements and a unique pole form signpost -the outer shells are made of Corian in a unique process and the inner core out of stainless steel.
- Identifiers
- (UNIBZ)26393947
991005773326201241 - Academic Unit
- Faculty of Design and Art
- Language
- English
German - Resource Type
- Design and architecture
- Author Names String
- Cohen N
- Additional Description
- description: The Kunstareal München is located in the Maxvorstadt district -at the center of Munich and comprises 18 museums and exhibition spaces, six universities and 40 galleries and cultural institutions on an area of 500 × 500 meters. It is one of the most important cultural locations in Europe. The initiator of the Kunstareal München and the later development of the Kunstareal orientation system -was an international conference and a think tank project organized by the Foundation Pinakothek der Moderne and the Chair for Urban and Regional Planning at the Technical University of Munich. Amongst the participants were Museum directors from Munich, Chicago, Berlin and Rotterdam as well as Architects, Artists, designers, a wide scope of cultural producers, architecture students and the wide public. Following the extensive think-tank project a comprehensive collaborative project was done with all stake holders of the Kunstareal and especially: the Museums, The city of Munich and the local inhabitants of the neighborhood. One of the main aspects which rose in the process was the difficult visibility and communication of the area -particularly on the physical level. That gave birth to the more concrete project of the Kunstareal Orientation System. The Kunstareal Orientation system was a highly complex Design by Research project which resulted in a unique orientation system which was developed ad-hoc especially for the project. The main material the system is based on ‘Corian’ a brand of solid surface material created by DuPont. Its primary use is as a countertop and benchtop surface, though it has many other applications. It is composed of acrylic polymer and alumina trihydrate (ATH), a material derived from bauxite ore. Corian was chosen for the project for its marble like unique haptic and visual qualities, next to excellent structural abilities and vandalism resistance (amongst others, any ‘tagging’ or graffiti of sorts could be easily removed). The resulted Corian based elements are having a stainless-steel core and especially developed anti-theft mechanism. As installed on-site, the system comprises of two elements: - A pole like signpost with the orientation map engraved into it (making it impossible to erase or alter the map in any way, and any colouring damage could be easily resolved). - A ‘place marker’ which is a revolving seating element in both black and white (as the identity of the Kunstareal). The especially developed ‘turn and return’ mechanism allows the seating elements to turn on their axis up to 200°, and slowly turn back to its original position. The system is installed in over 40 different locations in the Kunstareal, in what was for itself a highly intensive place definition process, including representatives of the Bavarain state which ‘owns’ some of the spaces, as well as the city of Munich, the Museum representative and the city conservation authorities.
Design and architecture
Kunstareal Orientation system: An innovative orientation system / Die Neue Sammlung, The Internation Design Museum
2016
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/10863/5453
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