프랑스 남부의 뒤틀린 비정형 창작 캠퍼스 빌딩 Luma Arles building by Frank Gehry architect
Luma Arles building by Frank Gehry architect
Design: Architect Frank Gehry, Gehry & Partners, Santa Monica, CA, USA
Location: Parc des Ateliers, 33 avenue Victor Hugo, Arles, southern France
Luma Arles To Open On 26 June 2021
Spectacular new building by US architect Frank Gehry forms centrepiece of 27-acre creative campus
The LUMA Foundation announces the opening of LUMA Arles on 26 June 2021*, a 27-acre creative campus at the Parc des Ateliers in the city of Arles bringing together artists and innovators of the future.
Luma Tower imagined by Frank Gehry, January 2021:
루마 재단은 2021년 6월 26일에 루마 아를(LUMA Arles)을 오픈을 발표하는데, 루마 아를은 아르레스의 파크 데스 아틀리에스에 있는 27에이커 규모의 창작 캠퍼스로 미래의 예술가들과 혁신가들이 한자리에 모이게 된다.
그 중심에는 프랭크 게리의 화려한 15,000 m2의 탑이 있는데, 11,000개의 스테인리스 스틸 패널로 마감된 뒤틀린 기하학적 구조이다. 전시회 갤러리, 프로젝트 공간, RUMA의 연구 및 보관 시설, 작업장 및 세미나실 등이 들어설 예정이다. 이 캠퍼스에는 7개의 옛 철도 공장이 입주해 있으며, 이 중 4개는 셀도프 건축가에 의해 전시 및 공연 공간으로 개조되었다. 주변의 정원과 공원은 조경가, Bas Smets에 의해 설계되었다.
디자인은 미국의 프랑크 게리 건축가그룹이 했다.
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Ki Chul Hwang Conpaper editor
At its heart is Frank Gehry’s spectacular 15,000 square meters tower, a twisting geometric structure finished with 11,000 stainless steel panels. It will house exhibition galleries, project spaces and the LUMA’s research and archive facilities, alongside workshop and seminar rooms. The campus is also home to seven former railway factories, four of which have been renovated by Selldorf Architects as exhibition and performance spaces. The surrounding gardens and public park are designed by landscape architect, Bas Smets.
The Arles project is the brainchild of Maja Hoffmann, who established the LUMA Foundation in 2004, as a leading international philanthropic organisation. The Foundation focuses on the direct relationships between art, culture, environmental issues, human rights, education and research. It is dedicated to providing artists with opportunities to experiment in the production of new work, in close collaboration with other artists from a variety of disciplines, with curators, and diverse audiences.
From 2008 to 2020, the development of this creative campus in Arles has been led by Maja Hoffmann working with a small dedicated team, and the collective input from a Core Group of advisers (Tom Eccles, Liam Gillick, Hans Ulrich Obrist, Philippe Parreno, and Beatrix Ruf). LUMA has already commissioned and presented the work of more than 100 artists and innovators at sites in Arles, including the ancient Roman amphitheatre, and the LUMA Arles campus.
In July 2010, Maja Hoffmann, Founder and President of the LUMA Foundation, said:
“There is one driving-metaphor for LUMA at the Parc des Ateliers: that of a living organism. As such the balance between form and function determines its viability. It is about composing a polyphonic score where everything is ordered, yet where everything is possible. Là où, toujours, quelque part quelque chose se passe.”
Alongside the construction and renovation works, the ongoing exhibitions and living archive programme, The Library is on Fire, Offprint, Atelier LUMA and LUMA Days, the residencies and the first steps to define the LUMA Winterschool, have been, over the past 10 years the continuation of this vision more relevant than ever in these times of planetary transition.
Describing his building, which will house seminar rooms, exhibition spaces, research facilities, an auditorium and a café, Frank Gehry said:
“We wanted to evoke the local, from Van Gogh’s ‘Starry Night’ to the soaring rock clusters you find in the region. Its central drum echoes the plan of the Roman amphitheatre.”
The city of Arles is located in the French region of Provence-Alpes-Côte d’Azur in the Mediterranean South of France, between two nature reserves, the Camargue wetlands and the mountain range of Les Alpilles. Arles became a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1981, incorporating its Roman and Romanesque lega- cy which includes the monumental Arles Amphitheatre, the Alyscamps and the antique theatre.
*The opening date is subject to the latest government guidelines in connection with Covid 19.
Luma Arles, Parc des Ateliers, 33 avenue Victor Hugo, 13200 Arles
www.luma-arles.org
Frank Gehry Architect
Musée de la Romanité in Nîmes images / information received from developer’s agency
Location: Arles, south of France
