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Klas Anshelms utställningsrum - En arkitekturteoretisk analys av Malmö konsthall

Kjellgren, Johannes LU (2015) KOVK02 20142
Division of Art History and Visual Studies
Abstract
My thesis focuses on the Lund-based architect Klas Anshelm’s two exhibition spaces. In an introductory formal analysis, his first exhibition space, Lunds konsthall, built in 1956, is compared with the latter Malmö konsthall from 1975. Using this formal analysis, I apply theoretical discussions on the material using Beatriz Colominas writings on Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier in Privacy and Publicity, Peter Jones and Gillian Roses’ theories of surveillance in museum environments and Ipek Kaynars studies of movements in museum spaces.
This is followed by a discussion of Anshelm relation to the architecture style, brutalism, with a historical introduction to the genre and a comparative study of Malmö konsthall and Alison and Peter Smithson's... (More)
My thesis focuses on the Lund-based architect Klas Anshelm’s two exhibition spaces. In an introductory formal analysis, his first exhibition space, Lunds konsthall, built in 1956, is compared with the latter Malmö konsthall from 1975. Using this formal analysis, I apply theoretical discussions on the material using Beatriz Colominas writings on Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier in Privacy and Publicity, Peter Jones and Gillian Roses’ theories of surveillance in museum environments and Ipek Kaynars studies of movements in museum spaces.
This is followed by a discussion of Anshelm relation to the architecture style, brutalism, with a historical introduction to the genre and a comparative study of Malmö konsthall and Alison and Peter Smithson's school in Hunstanton, UK.
The thesis concludes with a discussion of the use of light in Anshelms architecture and the characteristics of the light in Malmö konsthall. (Less)
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author
Kjellgren, Johannes LU
supervisor
organization
alternative title
The exhibition rooms of Klas Anshelm - An architectural analysis of Malmö Konsthall
course
KOVK02 20142
year
type
M2 - Bachelor Degree
subject
keywords
Malmö konsthall, Klas Anshelm, Nybrutalism, Le Corbusier, Lunds konsthall, Beatriz Colomina, Adolf Loos, Peter Jones
language
Swedish
id
5157392
date added to LUP
2015-03-19 12:43:56
date last changed
2015-03-19 12:43:56
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  abstract     = {{My thesis focuses on the Lund-based architect Klas Anshelm’s two exhibition spaces. In an introductory formal analysis, his first exhibition space, Lunds konsthall, built in 1956, is compared with the latter Malmö konsthall from 1975. Using this formal analysis, I apply theoretical discussions on the material using Beatriz Colominas writings on Adolf Loos and Le Corbusier in Privacy and Publicity, Peter Jones and Gillian Roses’ theories of surveillance in museum environments and Ipek Kaynars studies of movements in museum spaces.
This is followed by a discussion of Anshelm relation to the architecture style, brutalism, with a historical introduction to the genre and a comparative study of Malmö konsthall and Alison and Peter Smithson's school in Hunstanton, UK.
The thesis concludes with a discussion of the use of light in Anshelms architecture and the characteristics of the light in Malmö konsthall.}},
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  language     = {{swe}},
  note         = {{Student Paper}},
  title        = {{Klas Anshelms utställningsrum - En arkitekturteoretisk analys av Malmö konsthall}},
  year         = {{2015}},
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