Zentrum Paul Klee

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Zentrum Paul Klee
CEE 340
Professor Bank
Ben Menaker, Jeb Meier, Spencer Montei, Kelly
Blasier, Tom Mohr
Picture obtained from http//community.webshots.c
om/photo/496864096/496876104GuzrQh
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Background
Paul Klee

• Art museum
• Bern, Switzerland
• Dedicated to the famous artist Paul Klee

1879-1940
http//www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARTklee.htm
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Owner Information

• City of Bern
• Capital of Switzerland
• Tourist town
• World Heritage Site
• Alps

Bern, Switzerland
http//switzerland.isyours.com/e/guide/bern/
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Planning

• Began in 1992
• Started by Alexander Klee and Bern Art Museum
• Actually completing the project required the
  donation of hundreds of works by Paul Klees
  family

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Cost Data
Maurice Muller

• 110 million Swiss francs 85.3 million U.S.
  Dollars
• Maurice E. and Martha Muller Foundation

http//www.memfna.org/about/about01.htm
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Building Diversity

• Art museum
• Childrens museum
• Concert Halls
• Conference Rooms

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Architecture

• Renzo Piano
• Born in Genoa, Italy, September 14, 1937
• Studied at the Universities of Florence and Milan
• Graduated from Milan Polytechnic in 1964

http//www.zpk.org
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Paul Klee An Inspiration

• Piano Where do I begin?
• Klee known as poet of stillness
• Pianos desire to keep focus of building on Klee,
  maintaining the buildings architecture as art
  without competing with the gallerys intended
  purpose

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Identity

• Two immediate observations on site visit
• Circumventing motorways
• Beautiful rolling hills
• Characterized by three glass and steel hills
• Sunk into excavation

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Site Layout
http//www.zpk.org
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Floor Plans
http//www.zpk.org
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Structural System

• Concentric Arches
• Concrete Floor Slab
• Tie Backs
• Compression
• Struts
• Back Concrete
• Slab
• Façade

www.rpbw.com
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Dimensions

• Highest wave is 62 ft tall with a 213 ft span
• Total length is 492 ft

Architectural Review Issue August 2005
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Earthwork and Concrete

• Excavations began October 15, 2001
• 180,000 cubic meters of earth were removed from
  the site
• Concrete slab poured in one piece without
  settlement joints
• 10,000 cubic meters of concrete used

www.paulkleezentrum.ch
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Steelwork

• Zwahlen and Mayr completed the steelwork
• Surface area of roof is 11,500 square meters
• Waves made of steel girders2.6 miles total
• Girders came in sections that were cut by
  computer controlled machines
• 40 km of seams had to be hand-welded on site

www.sarnafil.ch
www.swissinfo.org
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Construction

• The entire structure was computer simulated with
  a 3D model before construction
• Margin of error was less than 20 millimeters
• Roof covering is stainless steel
• Over 5,000 bolts were used
• 15,000 hours of on site work were needed
• 150 people from 18 countries contributed
• Opened June 20th, 2005

www.swissworld.org
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MEP Systems Design

• Lighting Systems
• - Arup
• Ventilation Systems
• - Arup assisted by Luco (firm located in Bern,
  Switzerland)
• Heating and Cooling Systems
• - Arup assisted by Enerconom (firm located in
  Bern, Switzerland)

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Lighting System

• Artwork very sensitive to light intensity
• Experts recommended light intensity to be from 50
  lux to 100 lux
• Examples of luminous intensities
• Sunny day in July 100,000 lux
• Cloudy day in March 10,000 lux
• Moons crescent .2 lux

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Lighting System

• To reduce the intensity of the light the system
  uses
• Fixed shading panels along with motorized blinds
  on the west façade
• Light is projected onto the ceiling, where it is
  softly reflected

Projected light
Shading Panels
Pictures from www.zpk.org
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Internal Climate

• Important to constantly regulate the internal
  climate of the building to preserve the artwork
• Internal temperature held to within 1C of
  optimal 22C
• Internal humidity held to within 5 of the
  optimal 50 atmospheric humidity

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Internal Climate

• Regulated by unique air-conditioning system
• Cool air enters the room through thousands of
  holes in the timber floor
• Air slowly warms as it rises to the roof where it
  is extracted through a double wall at the western
  end and through the side walls at the back
• Carbon filters also used to clean the air

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Internal Climate
Thousands of holes in the timber floor where the
conditioned air enters the room
http//www.zpk.org
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Switzerland's High Energy Efficiency Standards

• Switzerland ranked 2 in energy efficiency by
  Esty and Porter
• Each canton (state) provides regulations on
  energy
• It is estimated that this building will use 115
  kWh per square meter

From http//www.isc.hbs.edu/ GCR_20012002_Environm
ent.pdf
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Energy Consumption

• Low energy consumption of the building due to
• High performance insulation
• High performance double glazing of the façades
• Large shading elements
• Natural gas was chosen to be the energy supplier

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