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WHY THIS DESIGN WORKS | Breaking Down a Design

Inspired by artist Maurizio Cattelan's
installation at the Solomon R.
Guggenheim Museum, the more unusual
exhibits are suspended in the staircase.

The inner
wall of the
staircase is
used as a
gallery for
paintings.

Timber on
the floors and
walls provides
a sense of
warmth that is
a counterpoint
to the staircase.

The atrium is
enclosed by a
freestanding
spiral
staircase
so visitors
can view the
exhibits.

Curved walls gently guide
visitors up and around the
two-story museum.

PROJECT
DETAILS:
Paneum -
Wunderkammer
des Brotes
("House of Bread")
Asten, Austria
DESIGNER: Coop
Himmelb(l)au
OPENED: October 2017

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This Austrian museum celebrates the history of the humblest of foods: bread. Paneum is the brainchild
of Peter Augendopler, owner of bread company backaldrin, who commissioned architecture firm
Coop Himmelb(l)au to design the building and its interiors. The curvy structure houses an exhibition
of 1,200 objects, including Egyptian grain mummies and the second-oldest bakers book in the world,
which belonged to the Brotherhood of Bakers of Padua. The exhibition was designed by Gruppe Gut,
Bolzano, Italy. "The exhibition area is based on the idea of a contemporary Wunderkammer-a cabinet
of curiosities," says Wolf D. Prix, founder of Coop Himmelb(l)au. "The design helps to create an element
of wonder." Exhibits line the curved walls and hang in the void of a spiral staircase. "It gives the room a
dynamic pull," says Prix, who adds that "the curved lines allow the visitor-in the truest sense of the word-
to circle all areas of the exhibition." -Emily Brooks

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