Neue Staatsgalerie
Stuttgart, Germany · 1983
Photo · Photo © Jürgen Haug
A key precedent for Postmodern high-tech architecture, demonstrating the use of bold color, sloped glazing systems, and expressive structural mullions at the Neue Staatsgalerie.
- What we like about this project
- The bright pink tubular handrail visible in the background, contrasting with the lime green facade.
Materials
- painted-steel
- glass
- stone-coping
Visual identifiers
- green-mullions
- sloped-facade
- battered-wall
- tubular-steel-railing
Style tags
- postmodern
- high-tech
- expressive-structure
Visual tags
- postmodernism
- high-tech
- color-accents
- monumental
- public-space
- Geometry
- A sloped, battered curtain wall with deep vertical mullions that taper slightly as they rise, creating a faceted, cylindrical or conical geometry.
- Facade system
- Sloped steel-framed curtain wall with deep profile mullions.
- Structural guess
- Steel-framed glazed envelope supported by an internal concrete structure.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale monumental public building facade, with mullions spaced at approximately human-width intervals.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting sharp, rhythmic shadows between the deep vertical mullions.
- Atmosphere
- Playful yet monumental, defined by the striking contrast of lime green steel against a deep blue sky.
- Environmental context
- An elevated public terrace or plaza bordered by mature green trees under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The inclined green facade leans away from the pedestrian path, creating a dynamic sense of movement and scale along the public terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- A dense, repeating vertical rhythm of deep green mullions that accentuates the building's curved, sloping form.
- Style reading
- Postmodern High-Tech
- Program
- Museum or gallery
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- painted-steel, glass, stone-coping
- Visual identifiers
- green-mullions, sloped-facade, battered-wall, tubular-steel-railing
- Style tags
- postmodern, high-tech, expressive-structure
- Visual tags
- postmodernism, high-tech, color-accents, monumental, public-space
- Geometry
- A sloped, battered curtain wall with deep vertical mullions that taper slightly as they rise, creating a faceted, cylindrical or conical geometry.
- Facade system
- Sloped steel-framed curtain wall with deep profile mullions.
- Structural guess
- Steel-framed glazed envelope supported by an internal concrete structure.
- Spatial scale
- Large-scale monumental public building facade, with mullions spaced at approximately human-width intervals.
- Lighting
- Bright, direct daylight casting sharp, rhythmic shadows between the deep vertical mullions.
- Atmosphere
- Playful yet monumental, defined by the striking contrast of lime green steel against a deep blue sky.
- Environmental context
- An elevated public terrace or plaza bordered by mature green trees under a clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- The inclined green facade leans away from the pedestrian path, creating a dynamic sense of movement and scale along the public terrace.
- Composition rhythm
- A dense, repeating vertical rhythm of deep green mullions that accentuates the building's curved, sloping form.
- Style reading
- Postmodern High-Tech
- Program
- Museum or gallery
- Perspective
- Exterior Facade
- Discipline
- architecture