New Kengo Kuma-designed museum makes beautiful use of wood
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The Odunpazari Modern Museum in northwest Turkey looks like a high-design Jenga set Does a new art museum exist if it?s not designed by a starchitect" Let?s take stock: The Guggenheim Bilbao has Frank Gehry; the Whitney has Renzo Piano; the Louvre Abu Dhabi has Jean Nouvel; and now, the newly opened Odunpazari Modern Museum (OMM) comes courtesy of Kengo Kuma and Associates.
Situated in the center of Eski?ehir, Turkey, the OMM is a gorgeously modern structure among the city?s historic Ottoman-style architecture. The facade is a series of interlocking timber boxes that look like a high-design Jenga set.
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?We were deeply inspired by the history, culture, people and streetscape of Odunpazari,? said Yuki Ikeguchi, a partner at KKAA. ?We wanted the building to resonate on many levels.?
Like the firm?s work on the V&A Dundee, the OMM plays with levels and angles, with the timber boxes rotated so they create a fortress of wood. Inside, the 48,437-square-foot museum will house more than 1,000 pieces of contemporary art. One of the building?s most striking interior features is a central atrium where the timber boxes meet, creating a rotating channel of light and wood that?s almost an art piece unto itself.
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