1st prize at
TINNE junges museum klausen
Chiusa_ITALY
2023

From the jury minutes: The project is a convinc­ing, sensitive response to the site and the remit. The monastery, garden and museum fuse to form a finely proportioned whole as presented to the observer. A low perimeter plinth encloses the garden, creating an extroverted counterpart to the introverted court­yard of the monastery. The green walk­on top of the plinth expands the garden into an open platform. With the exception of the two main superstructures, the entire area of the site thus becomes a versatile playground, which can later be seamlessly integrat­ed with a newly designed Dürersaal or accessible monastery courtyard. The superstructures are cleverly positioned, in the east as a response to the church roof, aligned par­allel to the Tinne in order to provide an opening to the south towards the kindergarten and give the museum visibility from the city centre, and in the west as a highlight between the chapel, the church and the steps leading up to the Paterbichl.
On the outside, the museum invites the citizens of Klausen to visit Frag; the wall along the Tinne stream, previously a barrier within the city, no longer exists. Communication with the kindergarten is also facilitated through direct access and the possible use of the playground on the roof or a garden which the children can look after/use there.
Inside, an impressive space opens up over sev­eral levels. The almost 15 m high entrance area with the spiral staircase sculpture makes visitors curious. Accessible from both the garden and the Tinne, this space links the city and the site, activi­ty and contemplation, play and recreation, memory and experimentation.