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Following a brief preview<\/a>, the new David Geffen Galleries designed by Peter Zumthor<\/a>\u00a0at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art, the largest art museum in the western United States, with a collection of over 155,000 works spanning six thousand years of artistic expression from across the globe, have opened to the public.<\/p>\n True to Zumthor\u2019s material minimalism, the new volume housing the permanent collection rises nine meters above the ground like a sinuous body of glass and concrete. Here, natural light acts as a true primary material: in the perimeter galleries, directly overlooking the terraces, the boundary between interior and exterior is blurred thanks to floor-to-ceiling windows. The space is thus shaped by changes in weather and the changing hours, constantly modifying the interaction between the environment and the exhibited works.<\/p>\n Although the sinuous envelope appears distant from the Swiss architect\u2019s rigorous vocabulary, the internal layout recaptures its deeper identity. The contrast is stark: the freedom of the external curve is counterpointed by the severity of the twenty-seven concrete\u00a0rectangles that punctuate the route. These rigid volumes transform the fluidity of the plan into a sequence of pauses, defining an anti-hierarchical itinerary that encourages free circulation, though not always immediately legible.<\/p>\n
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