And its that to bring all of them together quite a difficult task i have to say but i think a gentleman whos not averse to difficult tasks David Chipperfield welcome 1st of all can you tell us a little bit about james cmon that the gallerys name dr james cmon james simon was a. Very important. Entrepreneur and textile business very successful and he became a very generous for entrepreneurs to dave enormous amount of money to good causes and especially to museums. He had a big collection and he famously financed the egyptian expedition the discovery of the armonica collection and the star that is the is now for t. T. Which is in the noise museum ok well talk more in a minute but lets 1st have a closer look at your brand new work named after james simo. The James Seaman Gallery the 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 Treasures Berlins Museum island. Design choose for
conditions there are absolutely awful we were building many i mean remarks as well been building in the river when we were for a few years but also as you say the historical restrictions that the importance of the surrounding buildings i mean we were coming on to a very. pre-determined stage. the sanaa graffiti the incredible sanogo feel of the 19th century. museums was clearly something we had to think about very very seriously and therefore the fitting into this preexisting architecture is clearly one of the biggest costs and also i mean also another. it seems like difficult to us has to fulfill many titles i mean it s not just a visitor s center it is has to be many things. i think that s one of the that was