An acropolis in the middle of Berlin
The James Simon Gallery, the sixth building on the Museum Island in Berlin, connects the remaining museums with each other. The precaster Dressler Bau delivered the precast architectural concrete elements for the prestigious building in the German capital.
The Museum Island was woken from a long sleep when the inner-German border was opened in 1989. A new entrance and reception building was needed to accommodate the approximately 4 million annual visitors to the Museum Island. Today’s concept, with the James Simon Gallery as the sixth building on the Museum Island, and as inter-connection of the museums, was in the end designed by the David Chipperfield Architects Gesellschaft, with Architekten mbH Berlin.
The citizen initiative “Rescue the Museum Island” wanted an acropolis of the arts and successfully rejected David Chipperfield’s initial...
