Archive Hatje Cantz Verlag | Steven Holl – Heart

Heart Herning Museum Of Contemporary Art In Herning, Denmark Is A New Building Designed By The Renowned American Architect Steven Holl. He Showed A Keen Interest In The Project, First Of All Because The Museum Owns A Unique Collection By The Italian Conceptual Arte Povera-Artist Piero Manzoni. In 1960 Manzoni Was Invited To Herning For The First Time By Aage Damgaard, The Owner Of A Well-Known Shirt Factory. Aage Damgaard’S Interest In Contemporary Art Resulted In A Visionary Model For Cooperation Between Businesses And Artists – And In Founding A Museum.

Holl’S Complex Structures Are Surrounded By A Landscape Of Hills And Ponds Which Fits In The Environment. The Single-Story Building, With Its Natural Light And Innovative Roof Construction, Refers To The Formal Vocabulary Of The Factory Opposite From The 1960S In The Circular Shape Of A Collar. From A Bird’S-Eye Perspective The New Building Recalls Outstretched Shirt Sleeves And The In Situ Façade Has A Surface Resembling A Wrinkled White Shirt.







Opening Of The Museum: Heart – Herning Museum Of Contemporary Art, Herning, September 9, 2009