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| Light art installations by James Turrell: the programmed colour gradations on the exterior façade of the museum fascinates with a sensual changing of colour. Fotos: Florian Holzherr für Zumtobel |
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The Friedrichshafen airport has a new landmark: The Dornier Museum for Air and Space Technology Friedrichshafen impressively presents the fascination of flight and skilfully merges the theme with the history of the Dornier company. The museum was conceived according to a design of the Munich architect firm Allmann Sattler Wappner, and the exhibition design was realised by the Brückner studio. Zumtobel delivered more than 200 individually-controllable luminaires and systems to illuminate the 5,000 square metres of exhibition space. The result is a fascinating diversity in lighting which makes the dream of flying a thoroughly sensual experience.
According to the lighting concept by James Turrell, the façade of the building, which was modelled after an airplane hangar, is accentuated after sunset with differentiated, inter-active layers of colour. Both the vertical as well as the horizontal façade elements are translucent, each with its own illumination, making possible thousands of combinations in brightness and colour. The light dissolves the materiality of the façade elements, simultaneously creating and denying translucence.