Georg Friedrich Handel now has a permanent exhibit in his birth town of Halle an der Saale which is dedicated to his musical legacy. The exhibition architecture focuses on the typology and atmosphere of the Baroque house. The museum design has been conceived to be sensitive to the small-scale structure of the House.
Gerhards & Gluecker choose HI-MACS in Arctic White to add a bit of panache to the project. The dominant stylistic device of the Baroque, the play of light and shadow, has been reinterpreted through the use of the HI-MACS solid-surface material.
The themed room “Under the Arcadian Sun” is notable for this implementation. Handel’s four-year stay in Italy and the intimate pieces of chamber music that he wrote during this period are symbolised through a delicate arch construction made of HI-MACS. A floral pattern, whose precise perforation appears to be playful, has been milled in acrylic stone. This ‘curved pergola’ stands detached from the walls in the room, and casts shadows. It also contains interactive items documenting the life of the artist.
HI-MACS was chosen for the project because of its universal properties such as optical seamless processing, thermoforming, simple processing, robustness coupled with a warm feel and, clean and simple milling.
Gerhards & Gluecker have won numerous awards for this interpretation of HI-MACS including, the iF communication design award in 2010, best architects award in 2011, DDC Gute Gestaltung [DDC Good Design] award in 2011, and the nomination for the German Design award in 2012.
