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Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa by architect Thomas Heatherwick

September 19, 2017 by Arseny Vesnin in Architecture, South African Republic, United Kingdom, Photography, 2017

"Housed in what was once Cape Town’s tallest building is the newly unveiled Zeitz Museum of Contemporary Art Africa (Zeitz MOCAA), created by London-based architect Thomas Heatherwick. The institution’s 80 gallery spaces were converted from 42 historic grain silos, storage units which were once used to hold and grade maize from all over South Africa"

"Heatherwick Studio transformed the tightly packed tubes into open areas of contemplation, carving out various oblong shapes to make room for large social spaces and lots of light from overhead windows. Heatherwick wished to clear out large spaces for the galleries, however he was also careful about not eliminating the tubular structure of the building completely."

“We realised we needed to do something that your eye couldn’t instantly predict. Our role was destructing rather than constructing, but trying to destruct with a confidence and an energy, and not treating the building as a shrine.”
— Thomas Heatherwick
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September 19, 2017 /Arseny Vesnin /Source
SEP, British
Architecture, South African Republic, United Kingdom, Photography, 2017
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