Musée Unterlinden, Extension
The project for the extension of the Unterlinden Museum in Colmar encompasses three dimensions: urban development, architecture and museography. It centers on the issues of reconstruction, simulation and integration. Urban development After the extension, two building complexes face each other across the Unterlinden square, whilst they are physically connected by an underground gallery. The medieval convent consisting of a church, a cloister, a fountain and a garden stand to one side. On the other side of the square, the new museum building mirrors the church’s volume and, together with the former municipal baths constitutes a second, enclosed court. Between the two museum complexes, the Unterlinden Square has recovered its historical significance, recalling the times when stables and farm buildings formed across from the convent, an ensemble called “Ackerhof”. What was before the museum’s renovation a bus stop and a parking lot, has become a new public and urban space. The Sinn canal, which flows under Colmar’s old town, is reopened and becomes the central element of this new public space.
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