Lisbon's modern art centre reopens after remodelling by Japanese architect Kengo Kuma

(20 Sep 2024)
PORTUGAL NEW ART CENTER
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Lisbon, Portugal - 19 September 2024
1. Various of entrance to new CAM (modern art center)
2. Various of 100-metre-long sweeping canopy, composed from ceramic tiles
3. Wide of canopy
4. SOUNDBITE (English) Benjamin Weil, Gulbenkian CAM Director:
“So, CAM (Centro de Arte Moderna - Modern Art Centre) reopens on the 20th of September, after having been closed for major redesigning by architect Kengo Kuma. We will have a new garden that was designed by Vladimir Djurovic the whole museum is now really nested in a whole garden, completely transparent and very much in touch with nature. The idea being that art and the city, and the nature are all sort of interconnected in a much more integrated fashion.”
5. Various of garden and canopy
6. Various of canopy at main entrance
7. SOUNDBITE (English) Benjamin Weil, Gulbenkian CAM Director:
“The competition was opened to all the architects - there were six Portuguese and six international artists, and the jury unanimously decided to go for Kengo Kuma. And when I arrived here, it seemed obvious to me that given the long-standing relationship between Portugal and Japan, inviting Japanese artists to present their work in this newly redesigned building by a Japanese architect would make complete sense.”
8. Wide pan of canopy
9. Canopy at main entrance
10. Various of entrance and help desk
11. SOUNDBITE (English) Benjamin Weil, Gulbenkian CAM Director:
“We are launching...relaunching this museum with major exhibitions, the first one is the one we're in now which is an exhibition by Leonor Antunes, a Portuguese artist based in Berlin who has done a site specific composition, sculptural composition and also selected works by female artists in the collection. There will also be an exhibition by Fernando Lemos exploring his specific relationship with Japanese culture.”
12. Various of interior of CAM exhibition hall
13. Various of artist Leonor Antunes presenting her works to media
14. Various of Leonor Antunes art works
15. Various of Fernando Lemos exhibition
16. SOUNDBITE (English) Rita Topa, architect at Kengo Kuma and Associates:
“When we first came to the brief of the project, we really were inspired by the garden of them you know the surroundings is so unique in the city, that we wanted…we didn't want the architecture to take space to the garden. We wanted actually to create more space for the garden. And so, this became the theme of the project, you know. So we tried to create this space that could... like an architecture movement, that we could create a new entrance for the museum, while at the same time, create a space where people could enjoy the garden.”
17. Map showing diagram of new CAM
18. Walkway through garden
19. Various of lake
20. Wide pan of CAM
21. Exterior of CAM
22. SOUNDBITE (English) Andrea Toccolini, CAM’s project director at Kengo Kuma and Associates:
23. Close of old tower
24. Wide pan of garden
25. Walkway behind canopy
26. Wide pan from exterior to the interior of CAM
27. Various of interior of CAM
STORYLINE:
LEADIN
Lisbon's Modern Art Centre is reopening to the public after an overhaul by acclaimed Japanese architect Kengo Kuma.
The revamped Centro de Arte Moderna Gulbenkian (CAM) integrates the building with the surrounding garden's beauty.
STORYLINE
Lisbon's Modern Art Centre has a stunning new look.
Kengo Kuma’s contemporary transformation connects the building with the surrounding gardens and the city.
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