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Bauhaus­museum Dessau

Exterior view
Transparent foyer
Exhibition gallery
Upper floor
Upper floor
Solid construction with inserted wooden boxes
Solid construction with inserted wooden boxes
Ground floor
Ground floor
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Location: Dessau
Date: Competition: 2015, 3rd place

Berrel Berrel Kräutler Architekten AG
Maurice Berrel, Jürg Berrel, Raphael Kräutler

Competition: Thomas Merz, Linda Münch, Norbert Pasko, Tilmann Weissinger

Project participants
Client: Stiftung Bauhaus Dessau
Landscape architecture: ORT AG für Landschaftsarchitektur
Construction engineer: Dr. Schwarz Consulting
Building technology: Amstein+Walthert
Lighting design: Mettler + Partner Licht
Exhibition planner: Christian Brändle, Museum für Gestaltung Zürich
Graphic designer: dominique berrel grafik
Visualisations: maaars

0208Bauhaus­museum Dessau

The architects devel­oped the design for the new Bauhaus Museum in the Stadt­park in Dessau based on the exist­ing green space and the avail­able routes through the park. The museum, which takes the form of a two‑story pavilion, is set among the trees, its poly­gonal layout open on all sides. The facade reflects the tree­tops of the park, its mirrored surface defin­ing the museum’s expres­sive profile.

The ground floor has been given an open, trans­parent design. Through its large, roofed outer area, restau­rant, and multi­pur­pose hall, the build­ing acquires a public character.

The upper story consists of closed wooden boxes — the actual exhibi­tion galleries — and smaller inter­spaces whose win­dows offer visitors views onto the park and the town.

The construction and material­iza­tion follow the logic of the build­ing. The main support struc­ture, an in situ concrete skele­ton, absorbs static forces, while accom­moda­ting circu­lation areas, build­ing techno­logy, and ancil­lary rooms. The wooden boxes fixed in between are pre­fab­ri­cated in the factory and assem­bled on site. To protect them from the elements, the indivi­dual boxes are clad in verti­cal profiled stain­less steel sheets.