MIMA

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Project Name: MIMA
Construction year: 2007
Website: www.visitmima.com
Address: Victoria Square 1 , MIDDLESBROUGH - United Kingdom

Architect(s) : Erick van Egeraat Architects (www.erickvanegeraat.com) | West 8 (www.west8.nl/)
Project Category: Cultural

Latitude: 54.5745
Longitude: -1.2327

Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art

The Middlesbrough Institute of Modern Art (MIMA) in the UK is part of an urban regeneration scheme intended to revitalize the heart of the city. Erick van Egeraat's design won an international competition in 2002 as well as the 2007 Award of the Royal Institue of British Architects. The use of materials and scale respects and relates to the existong surroundings. White limestone and glass make the gallery a light, transparent and accessible building. The new public square which is an integral part of the project was designed in co-operation with West 8 landscape architects. The interplay of grass compined with a subbtle pattern of oxisied metal panels creates connections across the square and gives the once neglacted area a friendly and inviting appearence. The foyer is the defining space within the gallery. Its height of more than 16 meters reveals a central staircase which is framed by a suspended stone curtain. At the same time the foyer forms a transition between galleru and public square. Interaction between the two is stimulated by the enormous transparent facade, inviting visitors and inhabitants to embrace the gallery as the heart of the new cultural wuarter of Middlesbrough.
(text from architect's website)

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