{"id":88,"date":"2019-03-12T13:18:50","date_gmt":"2019-03-12T12:18:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wilsberg-metalltechnik.de\/?page_id=88"},"modified":"2019-07-29T22:42:45","modified_gmt":"2019-07-29T20:42:45","slug":"kolumba-museum","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.wilsberg-metalltechnik.de\/en\/references\/kolumba-museum\/","title":{"rendered":"Kolumba"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

2000 years of Occidental Culture under one roof.\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

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After four years of construction famous Swiss architect Peter Zumthors all new art museum of the Archdiocese opens in Cologne.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

As far back as 1974 when the former museum on Roncalli Square already ran out of space the Archdiocese decided to replace the existing structure. Searching for space since the mid nineties an appropriate construction site was finally found on one of Colognes last WW2 ruins \u2013 St. Kolumba. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In medieval Cologne St. Kolumba was a\nlarge and thriving parish. Originally romanic gothic components were added to\nthe church throughout the years. 1945 the original building was destroyed\nthrough bombardment by allied forces leaving only the outer walls and a single\nlimestone Madonna. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In honor of the rescued picture of the\nVirgin Mary a chapel was built in 1950 baptized Madonna in the ruins. In direct\nadjacency resides an archaeological site revealing 2000 years of European\narchitectural history. Gothic, Romanic, Merowingian and Roman findings are\nproof of the cities diverse past. Integral component of the architectural\ncompetition instated in 1993 was to approach the site with the due respect and\ncombine the various historic monuments under one overarching concept. Overall\n167 concepts were submitted from which Swiss architect Peter Zumthor was named\nwinner. The rationale was as follows:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Zumthor manages like no other to\nimplement the integrative intent and equally combine chapel, archaeological\nsite, historic monument and museum.”  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In order to start construction in 2003 the\nexisting church ruin needed to be restored and the ongoing archaeological\nexcavation completed. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Starting point for Zumthors work was therefore the existing foot print and the restored outer church walls on which the new construction was planned. The new warmer colored brick walls link perfectly with the older darker basalt stone of the existing structure. At first site unconventional is the light and air permeable stonework that surrounds the historic monument. This part which embraces the church connects seamlessly with the new museum structure. This is where the actual exhibition space is situated. All 16 spaces are different in their appearance \u2013 influx of daylight due to the massive floor to ceiling windows, size and proportions of the individual rooms and use of materials such as plaster, stucco, terrazzo or glass varies throughout. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

This unique interplay of material and form makes the building a landmark. Without being obtrusive Kolumba has already become an icon amongst Colognes incoherent post WW2 architecture.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Having contributed to this project with our laser components is of course a special honor.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2013 Hans Werner Wilsberg, CEO <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2000 years of Occidental Culture under one roof.\u00a0 After four years of construction famous Swiss architect Peter Zumthors all new art museum of the Archdiocese opens in Cologne.\u00a0 As far back as 1974 when the former museum on Roncalli Square already ran out of space the Archdiocese decided to replace the existing structure. Searching for space […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"parent":86,"menu_order":36,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsberg-metalltechnik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsberg-metalltechnik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsberg-metalltechnik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page\/"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsberg-metalltechnik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1\/"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsberg-metalltechnik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments\/?post=88"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsberg-metalltechnik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions\/"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":401,"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsberg-metalltechnik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/88\/revisions\/401\/"}],"up":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsberg-metalltechnik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/86\/"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.wilsberg-metalltechnik.de\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/?parent=88"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}