Chipperfield Museum Mexico City Artist Floor

Designed by british practice david chipperfield architects the highly anticipated museo jumex threw open its doors in mexico city this week.

Chipperfield museum mexico city artist floor.

The original and main building designed by cass gilbert was built as one of the exhibition pavilions for the st louis world s fair held in 1904. The júmex museum however is betting that the future of museums is as much about interaction communication and performance as it is about traditional forms of exhibition. Located on a triangular site within the polanco area of mexico city this new museum building exhibits part of one of the largest private collections of contemporary art in latin america. Architect david chipperfield designed a permanent home for the jumex art collection in mexico city latin america s most important private contemporary art collection.

Images by simon menges. Colección jumex mexico city mexico 2009 2013 the colección jumex in mexico city displays one of the largest private collections of contemporary art in mexico neighboring a theater and another museum in a modern neighborhood of the city. Founded in 2001 by eugenio lópez the jumex collection includes more than 2000 world class artworks by mexican and latin american artists. Mexico city s jumex museum designed by david chipperfield architects opened in 2013 and houses the colección jumex the private art collection of eugenio lópez alonso.

Photograph by antonio moll. The museum is a new home for one of the most significant private contemporary art collections in latin america today colección jumex. Alonso is the sole heir of the jumex juice empire. Museo jumex mexico city 2009 13 read more 1 23 located on a triangular site within the polanco area of mexico city this new museum building exhibits part of one of the largest private collections of contemporary art in latin america colección jumex and is part of a wider urban redevelopment.

Zoning restrictions limited the space available so chipperfield put the museum administration shop. Located on a triangular site within the polanco area of mexico city this new museum building exhibits part of one of the. With floor to ceiling glass on three of its four sides this is a room essentially without function. The museum was built in nuevo polanco a part of the city which is undergoing a rapid.

Completed in 2013 in ciudad de méxico mexico.