Mies Van Der Rohe’s New National Gallery building in Berlin, Germany is a modern art museum that
houses many highlights of 20th century artwork including work from artists
like Pablo Picasso and Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. The minimalist glass and steel building
has a large, open floor plan and a large steel roof that is supported by
eight exterior columns. The New National Gallery implements many elements to emphasize
that it is used as a space for artists to present their work. Some of these
elements include an optimal effect of openness, abstraction, and horizontality.
The ceiling was a detail of the building that caught my attention. The simplicity
and repetition of the square geometric, coffered ceiling add an interesting
quality to the space. As we have traveled, many of the coffered ceilings I have
seen are of domes, such as the Pantheon, and I like seeing this technique used in a modern, rectangular building.
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| Sketches of the ceiling and construction lines |
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I chose to represent this coffering of the ceiling in my model.
Through building the model, I got a better sense of how the coffering of the
ceiling affects the space and how light and shadow are created.
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| Model Photos |
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