Enrique Lacherre
Contemporary Art Museum in Frankfurt
For a large site in Osthafen in Frankfurt am Main, next to the planned, new headquarters of the European Central Bank, a new Museum of Contemporary Art is proposed. The museum is composed of four intersecting spirals that provide extensive exhibition and performance spaces. The four spirals allow for dividing the exhibition programme into different categories. The intersections between the spirals accommodate general and shared amenities, such as cafés and restaurants, museum-, gift- and bookshops.
The Museum of Contemporary Art is organised as an open, three-dimensional field where the traditional gallery spaces are transformed into a series of terraces. In sectional terms, the terraces are set back from another and produce a theatre wherein the visitors become part of the art spectacle. From an upper terrace, one can look down on other visitors moving through the lower exhibition areas. In this manner, the proposal attempts to stage art in a new fashion where relation between the viewer and the object is transformed through intervention of other visitors.