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VERKAUF UND PRÄSENTATION • RETAIL AND PRESENTATION INNERE WERTE • INNER VALUES

Lichtdecken sorgen für eine nahezu schattenfreie Ausleuchtung. • Light ceilings provide shadow-free illumination.

©Diözesanmuseum Freising, Foto: Thomas Dashuber

Das Bogenmotiv taucht unter anderem an den Vitrinenwänden auf. • The arch motif breaks up the showcase walls. Blickbezüge – hier auf die Bronzeskulptur von Berlinde de Bruyckere • Bronze sculpture by Berlinde de Bruyckere

von • by Brückner & Brückner Architektur, Tirschenreuth
W e respect the special place, its history and the building. With courage, we seek of glass, provide maximum shading and optimal climate control, bringing the outside
new architectural solutions for a future-oriented museum; we have continu-
inside. A harmonious interplay of glass, wood and plaster creates transparency and
ed to build and develop – uncovering the old and embracing the new. At the centre translucency. In the library’s wooden reading room, visitors find a place of retreat and
are people and religious art and culture from ancient times to the present. Open tranquillity for concentration, contemplation and study. Three openings lead to the
walls form the core of our architectural concept, our most passionate image – both large balcony, offering views of the landscape and the Weihenstephan Hill. Back in the
inside and out. The enhanced depth of the historical façade creates transparency and atrium, the museum café on the plinth level attracts visitors. An exceptional guest gar-
curiosity from afar and up close. Invitingly open walls, floor-to-ceiling windows and den, under large trees, provides views of Freising’s old town and the Alps. The spatial
velvety-white surfaces attract visitors to the old-new entrance, guiding them to the footprints of this building were set 150 years ago. Activating the historical legacy has
foyer with a view of the bright core. The atrium is the heart of the building, a genuine given us a house that, freed from burdens, now parades its original structures, while
open space spanning across multiple levels. We open it to the sky, making the seasons welcoming the new. Everything has come together to create a new and clear identity.
and times tangible. The space plays with light and shadow, entrances, transitions and The precise structure provides orientation and a functional infrastructure for the entire
passages.In the atrium stands the oversized bronze sculpture Arcangelo by Belgian museum. The staircases reinterpret the historical circulation and continue it in mul-
artist Berlinde de Bruyckere. A special light welcomes visitors in the former chapel tiple layers. Rooms are sensitively integrated into the existing fabric, using the same
– now a room for the installation A Chapel for Luke and his scribe Lucius the Cyrene high-quality materials as in the past. Inspirations come from history, craftsmanship
by James Turrell. Bright arcades, resembling a cloister, create new framed views of and the white colours of the Domberg. These materials can endure before tomorrow:
the exhibition rooms and the surrounding landscape – perspectives, insights, vistas. wood, stone, iron, glass and plaster capture the light and enable people to compre-
Glass volumes interact with the space and the contents. The new multi-nave layout hend. The wooden planks and historical elements from past centuries, as well as the
embraces the melody of the building, offering selected views in all directions of the transformed façades, tell the story and possibilities. Architecture becomes a walkable
landscape and the town of Freising, fostering new encounters and dialogues with and experienced history.Freed from technical constraints, the museum will provide
people, art and the environment.The rooms for permanent and temporary exhibitions excellent conditions for collecting, preserving, documenting, presenting and engaging.
are flexible, encircling the atrium and the aisles. The new museum windows, made Open walls will continue to engage in dialogue with religious art, culture and people.

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