Tate Modern
Herzog & de Meuron – Eleven stations at Tate Modern The following text was prepared for the occasion of the Opening Exhibition at Tate Modern: Herzog & de Meuron – 11 Stations at Tate Modern, curated by Theodora Vischer, in collaboration with Käthe Walser at Tate Modern, Turbine Hall, London, UK from 12 May to 26 November 2000. North Entrance Concourse The north entrance is a space that is more than simply a zone of passage. Its sloping ceiling stretches out between two mighty architectural elements: the brick tower on one side and the turbine hall on the other. The glass shaft of the escalator is a body of light that suffuses floor and ceiling; it is akin to the light beam on the roof of the museum and the bay windows in the turbine hall. The properties of this area, so close to one of the Tate Modern’s main entrances, make it an ideal and multipurpose exhibition space that is the perfect complement to the other galleries. It has therefore logically become the base camp of our exhibition. Ordinarily, in exhibitions of architecture, the buildings themselves are absent and therefore communicated by proxy in models, plans, films and other documents.
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