The New Extension to A Luxembourg Art Gallery

This is an extension to an extension to a Luxembourg art gallery. This building was designed by Architect Philippe Schmit. This Villa Vauban extension consists of two storeys, the lower of which is submerged. The new part in this building includes a sculpture gallery, children’s workshop and loggia that share circulation with the original gallery.

The restoration and the construction of a new extension were successfully completed in 2010. This building will present works from the city’s art collections with works on loan from international museums. This project maximizes the exhibition surfaces. There’re the obtuse-angled metal folds of the facade and the roof surfaces of the new. This new building is stacking two levels of exhibition spaces behind the villa. It rises up from foundation level of the fortress wall underneath the actual part level.

The surfaces of the characteristically bare walls were roughened up with a sledge hammer, making its volumes appear both tactile and light. The galleries in the new have been articulated as superimposed flights of rooms. They have been slightly offset along their longitudinal axis, resulting in setbacks and recesses that host a number of dedicated spaces. They are a sculpture gallery, a lower-floor gallery passageway, a children’s workshop, a loggia with a view into the park, a cabinet with half-storey ceiling height and a largescale staircase leading down to the lower exhibition level.