Schlesien Museum Katowice
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Project:
Schlesien Museum Katowice
The newly designed Silesian Museum is an architecturally fascinating transformation of the former Katowice hard coal mine. A prime example of contemporary architecture and regional identity. The winning project of the international competition in 2007 for the construction of the new Silesian Museum.
Location: Dobrowolskiego 1 | 40-205 Katowice | Poland
Facts:
Architect: Riegler Riewe Architekten, Graz (Austria)
Client: Muzeum Slaskie, 40-005 Katowice (Poland)
Installation: Metalplast-Stolarka Sp.zo.o., 43-440 Goleszów (Poland)
Glass: ICE-H Tempered Glass / Laminated Safety Glass
Substructure area: Steel / Cable construction
Surface area: approx. 2500m2
"Where work culture once existed, exhibition culture now thrives."
– Architect Roger Riewe on the modern transformation of the site.