The james seaman gallery this stunning combination of neo classical and modern architecture will serve as a new Entrance Point to one of the worlds most important repositories of Cultural TreasuresBerlins Museum island. Design choose for the gallery were taken from the existing 5 museums on the island. Architect David Shipler field conceived the 20 year long project including famously giving the galleries neighbor the noise museum or new museum a new lease of life. From the jane seeman central hub visitors will have underground connections to museums on the island. We will be able to go right into the noise museum. In the future you also be able to go left into the park so. This will become part of a route. Which allows you. To come. Into this level go through the program and come back out even on the bottom of course or there is a sort of go. Into cherry. Connection. The building sprawling outdoor terrace and indoor Entrance Hall off of visitors a place to linger. The foyer is flooded with light thanks to floor to ceiling windows. The gallery also boasts a 300. 00 seat auditorium and a lavish museum shop outfitted entirely in french will not. The 1st show in the galleries temporary exhibition space will commemorate the buildings namesake jewish berlin patron and art collector james seaman. The new gateway to berlin sculptural acropolis is a core component of a master plan for the island devised by David Chipperfield. And approved by the city in 1909 the main purpose of the gallery is servicing and connecting but beyond this it also gives the island a central focus the jane seeman gallery of dazzling you attraction on the you nest gold heritage site museum island. Lets take up the point of view nesta World Heritage site i mean obviously you would restrictions were in the area where you could build but was there also restrictions because of unesco did they have to approve your plans they didnt have to technically approve but they certainly could have made it more difficult if they werent happy with that. I think the question was was yes it was restrictive site physically restrictive in terms of being bounded by the by the cannot physically difficult because of that the water table there the ground conditions there are absolutely awful we were building really i mean reminds as well been building in the river from we were for a few years but also as you say the historical restrictions the the importance of the surrounding buildings i mean we were coming on to a very. Predetermined stage. Of the sanaa graffiti the incredible snow graffiti of the 19th century. Museums was clearly something we had to think about very very seriously and therefore the fitting into this preexisting architecture was really one of the biggest costs and also i mean also another. Seems like difficult to us has to fulfill many titles i mean its not just a Visitors Center it is has to be many things. I think thats one of the that was one of the exciting and difficult things of the project was to understand what it was is not another museum its a collection of different. Concerns and requirements that the museum on the needs primarily its an orientation in the Assembly Place for the larger visitor groups but its also a connector and it connects you into the sort of museum tour and thats very much directed to expanding visitor. Groups and along with the facilities of bathrooms cloakrooms coffee shop and things like that. But as well as that i think the the project the building. Is a bridge to the city in a big permanent collections work terribly well for tourists but they dont always appeal to the citizen. If you see now for t. T. Youre not necessary going to go back next sunday as well are to the person or to however much you love them. So the jameson gallery has is used to ordinances dealing with one as the master of the other is the city and so the the building contains changing exhibition space for the 1st time museum and we have very good purpose built in that of course appeals to broaden his because thats a breathtaking exhibition and just as importantly the auditorium which is a place where there will be lectures and events and films i want to ask you about i mean your other great. Book your famous full sun in this city is the noise museum as well which was groundbreaking what i mean the press this went on for. So much controversy about it and i just wondered that there it was weve got pictures of it i think im mixing the old with the new as you did you prove them all wrong it was a triumph you won the e. U. Prize for contemporary architecture as well did you have a doubt chil vision of that. With ever any doubts you dont mind. I dont what we certainly worried. As a team you know this was. A complex project i think that the concept was clear what we wanted to try and do. I would admit that we didnt quite know how to do it but i think one of the things that was really instrumental in the project was the the tactic of collaboration really you couldnt do a project like wrap with so many complicated decision. So many fine decisions. Without having a very. Sort of combined effort between the plan is the architects the clients the museums or the i mean this i would say for me the triumph was was in that cooperation and the bond the real and the the way of working then we developed and i think that was really critical and i would say well it is proven its proved worthwhile to for the james cmon gallery as well im sure weve run out of time but thank you so much for coming in we wish you all the best with the gallery and please keep coming back to doing new projects David Chipperfield thank you very much now in meet the germans every week our reporter rachel stu it investigates the quirks and idiosyncrasies of daily life in germany and shes only lived here for a couple of years so shes inquisitive and has a fresh outlook on things today shes having a look at the german love affair with the rules and or die. Ordinal messiah that must be order ordinance of how you believe order part of life out of no not everything in order to please vera in order no you are. No order from the law in the german language so other canons really is affording you spent in a place of yes or no must sign if you put your. Hands on. Mr right thatll just sign was one or 2 from to get next its to form one form soon get. Into the kind of queens. College took to heart. Does evolve or. Lets take a peek into a german home for some already please. When you think of order the minimalistic homes maybe you think of japan or scandinavia but you know that popular swedish Home Furnishings company the one with all the particularly ordered the Storage Solutions well most of its products are sold in which country. Something that struck me when i moved here is that practically every german household seems to have a variation on this furniture item that way even collector can be ordered me im an important point of order in the home is rubbish germans take separation very seriously. If you should separate paper plastic organic waste of the house waste garden way plus green light bottles with deposits and collect replace oh and batteries order is particularly important for people who live in a shed building cluttered hallway messy no wonder room or a badly parked car a sure fire ways to make enemies of the neighbors the buildings house or the rules will often stipulate which part of the stairs youre responsible for cleaning the bins out and whos responsible for the sweeping the pavement else. Clearing the snow the swabian southwest germany even came up with the sweeping week so essentially a cleaning wager you might find that have a sign appears outside your door of the night just a friendly reminder and then theres noise youve got to keep it down after about 10 pm all day on Sundays Bank Holidays each local government has a department dedicated to order the ordinals and office of public order among its lead us to use is Noise Control so theyre likely to be the ones who know youre breaking the noise rules on your neighbors and have enough. Of course not all germans of such big fans of order and there are times when the germans seem to flaunt that orderly reputation on maps. Taking. With apparently 0 regard to health and then theres the pole to a tradition of smashing crockery to bring luck to a soon to be married couple of course carnival season when the supposedly straight laced germans put on crazy costumes and make a lot of mess in the street but even then they cant quite shake their deep rooted orderliness because the last float in any kind of a parade is sure to be the rubbish truck. And youll find many more episodes of you tube channel much more about the james gallery website. Slash culture thats all for today thanks for watching join us again at the same if you can. You know this is you know 5 minutes before minutes. This moisture has an hour and a beauty combines has it all. Fits in the pantheon of the great tenors certainly hes one for the ages. Comes to speak to. 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