Local studio Mathew & Ghosh Architects has completed the Museum of Art & Photography in Bangalore, India.
Set to open later this month, the Museum of Art & Photography (MAP) has a distinctive facade that encloses pared-back internal spaces.
The Museum of Art & Photography is set to open in Bangalore
"The architectural necessity for MAP to be an unmissable part of the city for the visitor and the dweller alike was a critical factor," said Mathew & Ghosh Architects co-founder Soumitro Ghosh. "It had to be iconic, for ease of cognition."
"The responsibility of architectural design of a museum in its internal enclosure is however to give complete foreground to art in all possible, within and around the building," he told Dezeen. The building is wrapped in distinctive cladding
The upper floors of the 4,000-square-metre museum are clad in stainless steel panels that are embossed with a cross pattern often found on water tanks.
According to the studio, this finish was designed to present the idea that art, like water, is precious.
It was designed to evoke the appearance of a water tank
"This is a metaphorical reference to the capacity of art to create a thrust on society and culture for reflection, change and evolution," said Ghosh, who lead the studio alongside Nisha Mathew.
"Here we reference art and it's increasing preciousness, like water, within this stainless steel clad container," he continued.
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