The Muse and the Space
Prototypes of Space in the Architectural Experience of the Museum

Task

The workshop explores the museum as a specific architectural typology and a unique spatial experience. Particularly in Berlin, museums are deeply embedded in a rich architectural culture – from Schinkel’s urban vision to the cultural landscapes of the Kulturforum and cinematic portrayals such as Wim Wenders’ interpretation of Potsdamer Platz.

The museum stands out among public buildings as both a social and intimate space. Beyond housing art, it becomes an experience in itself – an open field for perception, movement and collective life.

Rather than focusing on exhibition design, the workshop investigates the museum space as exhibition: shaped by light (Kahn’s Kimbell Art Museum), path (Wright’s Guggenheim, Utzon’s Silkeborg Museum), shadow (Le Corbusier’s Tour des Ombres) or urban structure (Schinkel’s Altes Museum).

The studio explores the possibilities of an “architecture of inspiration” and the museum as a democratic, collective and potentially open-ended space. Are the Muses still inspiring civilisation through art and poetry?

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The studio is part of an ongoing collaboration between European universities within the Erasmus+ Blended Intensive Programme (BIP).

Erasmus+ BIP Collaboration

Within the Erasmus+ framework of Blended Intensive Programmes (BIPs), the focus is on developing new, joint mobility formats and activities in collaboration with multiple partner universities. These programmes combine a short on-site phase with a virtual component of flexible duration, enabling continuous and collaborative learning.

• Università Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples/Italy
• Hochschule Anhalt, Dessau/Germany
• University of Thessaly, Volos/Greece
• Ensa Nantes, Nantes/France
• TUe Eindhoven University of Technology, Eindhoven/Netherlands
• Universitat Politècnica de València UPV, Valencia/Spain

BIP Coordinator

Corrado Di Domenico, Università Luigi Vanvitelli, Naples/Italy

Studio Coordinators

Prof. Corrado Di Domenico, Prof. Johannes Kalvelage (HS Anhalt), Cornelia Böttner (HS Anhalt), Prof. Vaso Trova (University of Thessaly), Jean-Marie Beslou (Ensa Nantes), Prof. Jochem Groenland (TU Eindhoven), Prof. José Duran (UPV Valencia), Prof. Maria Teresa Palomares Figueres (UPV Valencia), Prof. Ines Garcia Clariana (UPV Valencia)

Guest Lecturers Coordinators

Prof. Alfred Jacoby (HS Anhalt), Prof. Carmen Andriani (University of Genova), Martin Rein-Cano (Topotek1), Prof. Trond Lundemo (Stockholm University)

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