DEVELOPMENT PIPELINE: MUSEUMS


NatioNal MuseuM of africaN aMericaN History aNd culture


Washington DC, USA n OPENING 2012-2016


President Barack Obama attended the ground-breaking ceremony of the US$500m (£319.2m, e400m) National Museum of African American History and Culture (NMAAHC) at the Smithsonian Institution in February. The 35,300sq m (380,000sq ft) museum charting the history of the black people in America will have a three-tiered bronze “Corona”. FreelonAdjayeBond/SmithGroup has been selected as the museum’s architectural and engineering firm and construction will kick off this summer, with the development expected to take three years. The museum’s inaugural exhibi- tions − designed by Ralph Appel- baum Associates in collaboration with the museum’s curators and historians − will focus on history, culture and community. Exhibits will be titled: Slavery and Freedom; Defending Freedom, Defining Freedom: The Era of Segregation; Beyond 1968; Power of Place; Making a Way Out of No Way; Military History; Sports: Level- ing the Playing Field; and Musical Crossroads.


Additional exhibits will focus on cultural expressions and visual arts.


http://nmaahc.si.edu 36 Attractions Handbook 2012–2013


The ambitious concert project has faced delays and is due to open two years later than anticipated


elbpHilHarMoNie coNcert Hall


Hamburg, Germany n OPENING 2014


Elbphilharmonie Hamburg in Germany will accommodate three concert halls and a 37m (121ft)-high glazed plaza offering 360° panoramic views of the city, in ad- dition to a hotel, residential apartments, restaurants and bars, and a wellness area. Designed by Herzog & de Meuron, the concert auditorium will be centered on an acoustically isolated 2,150-seat Grand Hall, resting upon huge steel springs,


complemented by a 550-capacity Recital Hall suited to chamber music and a 170- seat Kaistudio for contemporary and experimental music, children’s concerts, and orchestral and choir rehearsals. Built on the red-brick foundations of an old cocoa bean warehouse, the 21,500sq m (231,400sq ft) glazed upper levels will rise up to a wave-shaped roof mirroring the water below in the harbour. The foundations will house Das Klingende Museum, rehearsal rooms and a garage. This ambitious project has been delayed in its design and development owing to its complexity, pushing back the original open- ing date of 2012 to 2014 at the earliest.


www.elbphilharmonie.com www.attractionshandbook.com


images: Herzog & de meuron


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