joseph beuys museum, dallas

Joseph Bueys :

An artist who combine life and art completely.

A fighter pilot being shot down over the Crimean peninsular and then nursed back to life by Tartars who allegedly wrapped him in fat and felt.Later, these are frequently used in his artworks.

Always prioritized the ideology over the art. His public appearances were an essential strategy in this context.

Joseph Beuys Museum

The Site

N Riverfront Blvd & Payne St. South East Corner, Fortworth, Dallas, Texas 75207

Neighborhood & Access

The Building

Spirituality Worshipping the Joseph Beuys’ world

Program

- Housing about 10 permanent art collections - Site: 187x125 = 23,375 Sqft - Building footprint: 11, 310 Sqft - Total building area: 12, 760 Sqft - Max. building height: 31 ft - Structure: RC structure, 2 stories. - Finish material: Exposed concrete

Silence and light...Structural purity

- Symmetry with simplicity- Precast exposed concrete finish both inside and outside - 16” retaining wall to reduce columns along the perimeter- 1’ Thick ascendant plate with ramp towards healing room - D24” tall columns for roofs that governs the interior mood

Theme for displaying artwork

1. The multiples 4 headrooms2. Actions Ascendant plates 3. The end of the 20C A room at the top

Suffering - Transition - Healing

The Multiple

The end of the 20C

Structure

Action

Action

Basement

Ground floor

2nd Floor

SECTION Scale: NONE