Architecture: Gosta Serlachius Museum by Matteo Cainer Architects
Posted by the editors on Thursday, 22 December 2011
Architecture: Gosta Serlachius Museum by Matteo Cainer Architects: “..The form of the Serlachius house, especially the roof, is the template for the new building. The geometry of the roof planes are folded and cut in the manner of paper ori-gami “folding-paper” and kirigami “folded and cut shapes”, to develop a complex sequence of architectural spaces that slowly unfold to create a new layered experience. As in origami, the number of basic folds is small, but the evolving geometry results in a series of intricate shapes of surprising complexity. The nature of these is far removed from the walls and roof elements of a traditional building..”
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