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The Gate Backbone 2 l Das Rückgrat des Tores 2
The Hague, The Netherlands, May 2022
Detail of the colorful metal entrance gates to the Dutch Ministry of Finance at Korte Voorhout.

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# 3740
Shadow of an EKG | Schatten eines EKGs
Berlin, Germany, September 2022
Fascinating Shadow Play - A house facade is being renovated. On one of the upper floors, a red and white construction cone stands on scaffolding against a black background. With the black background, the cone casts its shadow through an opening between the scaffolding and the wall onto the wall of the floor below.

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Hereditary l Vererbung
Trier, Germany, July 2022
Close-up of a facade made of Horten tiles. Building of Horten department store in Trier, Fleischstraße (today Galeria Kaufhof) with typical facade of Horten tiles. The Horten tile is the building block of a special building facade, named after the Horten department store. It was designed by Helmut Rhode around 1961.The basic size of a tile is 50 × 50 cm, the depth is about 15-20 cm. Initially, the tiles were made of ceramic, later - aluminum. The shape corresponds to a stylized H for hoarding. The copy and paste of tiles produce a pattern. In turn, this pattern gives a signature look for this department store brand.

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# 3627
Embracing 2 | Umarmung 2
Luxembourg City, Luxembourg, July 2022
Play of light on the facade of the Philharmonie Luxembourg, the concert hall in the city of Luxembourg, which was built from 2002 to 2005 in the Kirchberg district at the Place de l'Europe. The architect is Christian de Portzamparc. The white main building has the shape of an eye in the ground plan. The facade of steel and glass is visually dominated by 823 white columns with a height of 20 meters and a diameter of 30 centimeters.

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# 3572
Concrete Cut | Betonschnitt
Regensburg, Germany June 2022
Shadow cast on the facade of the Haus der Bayerischen Geschichte, a history museum about the history of Bavaria, located in Regensburg.

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Planar Lineup of Time l Planare Aufstellung der Zeit Düsseldorf, Germany, May 2022
Architecture in Düsseldorf's Media Harbor. At first glance, the photo looks like a straight collage consisting of 3 vertical parts. But it is a real scene taken from a specific perspective, to show different three-dimensional structures on a two-dimensional plane. The 3 facades represent 3 different styles of architecture, with look and feel conveying past, present and future.

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# 3682
15 parts of you, 15 versions of you | 15 Teile von dir, 15 Versionen von dir
Saarbrücken, Germany, July 2022
15 big glass tiles reflect a counter building on the other side of the street, each with a slight different point of view.

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Color-Coded | Farbcodiert
Munich, Germany, February 2021
The MIRA Shopping Center opened in 2008 in the Munich district Nordhaide. The West, North, and northern half of the Eastern facades, was made of colored lacquered metal panels which were placed on the walls to form prisms. Since the sides of the prisms have different colors, the façade appears from the southwest and northwest in different colors. In between, a gradual transition takes place, so that the building changes dynamically as one passes by. The façade construction was awarded with the !DGNB Gold Award for sustainable buildings" in 2009. The shopping centre was planned by Chapman Taylor. The responsible project architect there was Ruprecht Melder. Léon-Wohlhage-Wernik Architekten was responsible for the façade design.

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# 3457
us close | uns nahe
Düsseldorf, Germany, May 2022
The Neue Zollhof is an ensemble of buildings in Düsseldorf's Media Harbor. The buildings are named after their creator, the Canadian-US architect and designer, Frank Owen Gehry, also known as the Gehry Buildings. The image shows House A which is completely clinkered. The buildings lean towards each other, stay close to each other. But sometimes they look also exclusive, giving limited access, closed from other parts of the world around.

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# 3449
The Gate Backbone | Das Rückgrat des Tores
The Hague, The Netherlands, May 2022
Detail of the colorful metal entrance gates to the Dutch Ministry of Finance. Thanks to its structure, one can discover many beautiful aspect from different view angles.

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# 3458
us close 2 | uns nahe 2
Düsseldorf, Germany, May 2022
The Neue Zollhof is an ensemble of buildings in Düsseldorf's Media Harbor. The buildings are named after their creator, the Canadian-US architect and designer, Frank Owen Gehry, also known as the Gehry Buildings. The image shows House C which is white plastered and has a nested building volume with large-format curves. The buildings lean towards each other, stay close to each other. But sometimes they look also exclusive, giving limited access, closed from other parts of the world around.

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Events News
Michael Nguyen’s Exhibition at Max Planck Institute is extended to January 1, 2023
michael nguyen
Nov 25, 2022
Location: Munich, Germany

Michael Nguyen – Clarity of Seeing, Fantasy of Interpretation


Due to the great interest, the exhibition will be extended up to and including January 1, 2023.

The exhibition shows 34 photographs taken between 2020 - 2022: architectural objects, plays of light and shadow, as well as reflections and architectures, which he took in various cities in Europe.

From Monday to Friday, the exhibition can also be visited in the evening and at night until midnight.

Michael Nguyen is a flâneur. On foot, he seeks the encounter worth seeing in detail. His photographs show us buildings, streets, staircases, vehicles, and people of the kind that we might encounter at any time by chance in our everyday lives. The pictures confront us with single views of elements, focus their colors and forms in detail, and leave aside the manifold abundance of the surrounding. In this way, the images unfold a power of the particular: Something like this, but exactly how we haven't seen things before.

Max Planck Institute of Biochemistry
Foyer
Am Klopferspitz 18
82152 Martinsried (Munich) Germany

until January 1, 2023

Mon-Fri 8-24 h, Sat, Sun & holidays 8-20 h
(registration at the reception desk)



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