The Abteiburg Museum by Hans Hollein is best described as a multi-dimensional creation that exemplifies a range of post-modern style. First, this building is a perfect and balanced mixing of architecture and art. Using his love for collages, Hollein created this building using a bulging drum structure that is flawlessly mounted onto an outstanding architectural structure. Additionally, there are metal grid squares whose perfection portrays extensive architectural connections. Additionally, the interiors painting the aesthetic aspect that is synonymous to the post-modernist period.
One of the most intriguing components of the Abteiburg Museum is Hollein’s use of architecture as a form of spatial art. Hollein makes it evident that shape follows the decision of an architect to develop something phenomenal. Additionally, it requires a keen eye to merge Avant Garde décor into an amazing piece of architecture. Through this approach, the artist merges the environment and art. Hollein goes beyond the ideals of contemporary art by pursuing the space and then utilizing form to fill it up.
Secondly, Hollein used the reinvention of art to portray his invention of fragmentation and explosion. The Abteigburg Museum takes a subterranean design with a theme that spells out the structure of the center of the earth. There are fissures evident through the fragmentation design and a hole at the center of the building designed to mimic a lava vent. It is dazzling the way Hollein conjoins the two concepts to bring about perfection that blends well into the environment. In a way, it is possible to see a psychedelic futurism blended with some allusive historical power.
References
Malpas, S. (2010). The postmodern. London: Routledge.
