View from Schlossbrücke

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位于柏林博物馆岛的James Simon Galerie现在已经完工了,于2018年12月13日正式移交给Staatliche Museen zu Berlin。博物馆岛的新入口大楼将于2019年夏季向公众开放。在接下来的几个月里，内部装修将很快完成。除了博物馆参观者的服务设施外，James Simon Galerie还设有一个临时展览空间和一个可容纳300人的礼堂。与“Archaeological Promenade”一起，James Simon Galerie代表了1999年开发的总体规划的核心，自获得批准以来，它已成为博物馆岛所有未来规划的起点。

The James Simon Galerie building on Berlin’s Museum Island is now complete and was officially handed over to the Staatliche Museen zu Berlin on 13 December 2018.The new entrance building to the Museum Island will open to the public in summer 2019. Over the coming months, the interiors will be fitted-out in time for the inauguration.In addition to service facilities for museum visitors, the James Simon Galerie houses a temporary exhibition space and an auditorium with around 300 seats.Together with the ‘Archaeological Promenade’, the James Simon Galerie represents the heart of the masterplan developed in 1999, which since its approval has served as the starting point for all further planning on the Museum Island.

View towards the main entrance

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作为Friedrich August Stüler论坛建筑的延续，James Simon Galerie是博物馆岛的新入口建筑，完成了Kupfergraben运河和Neues博物馆西南立面之间的合奏。 它与“Archaeological Promenade”一起构成了1999年制定的总体规划的支柱，并且是博物馆岛所有进一步规划的基础。该建筑在狭长的土地上，Karl Friedrich Schinkel的'Neuer Packhof'行政大楼一直持续到1938年。

As a continuation of Friedrich August Stüler’s forum architecture, the James Simon Galerie serves as the new entrance building for Museum Island, completing the ensemble between the Kupfergraben canal and the south-west façade of the Neues Museum. Together with the ‘Archaeological Promenade’, it forms the backbone of the masterplan that was developed in 1999 and adopted as the basis for all further planning on Museum Island. The building is sited on a narrow strip of land where Karl Friedrich Schinkel’s ‘Neuer Packhof’ administration building stood until 1938.

View along the Kupfergraben canal

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View from the terrace

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作为博物馆岛的新门户，James Simon Galerie 扮演着重要的角色，适合接待大量游客，满足当代博物馆参观者所需的所有设施。James Simon Galerie将自己置身于Lustgarten，Schlossbrücke（宫桥）和Kupfergraben运河。它与佩加蒙博物馆（Pergamon Museum）形成了地面上的物理连接，并通过Archaeological Promenade与博物馆相连地下一层与新博物馆，阿尔特斯博物馆和博德博物馆相连。 

As the new gateway to the Museum Island, the James Simon Galerie plays a significant role and is suitable for welcoming large numbers of visitors, housing all the facilities required by the contemporary museum-goer. The James Simon Galerie addresses itself to the Lustgarten, the Schlossbrücke (Palace Bridge), and the Kupfergraben canal. It forms a physical connection above ground with the Pergamon Museum and links the museum via the Archaeological Promenade at

basement level with the Neues Museum, the Altes Museum and the Bode Museum.

View towards Pergamon museum

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Plinth and colonnade, 

view from the west

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令人惊叹的建筑尺寸确保了从Schlossbrücke到博物馆岛的深处以及Neues Museum西立面的景观得以保留。建筑高高的石头基座加强了Kupfergraben运河两岸，高高的柱廊上方升起，仿佛古典钢琴金钗。

这个主要层面的大部分将不仅在开放时间向公众开放，进一步扩展了博物馆岛的公共领域。细长的柱子成为一个亮点，让人联想起Friedrich Wilhelm IV著名的“cultural acropolis”草图。他们延续了Stüler的柱廊，在Neues Museum和James Simon Galerie之间建造了新的小柱廊庭院。

A staggering of the building dimensions ensures that the view from the Schlossbrücke into the depths of the Museum Island and of the west façade of the Neues Museum is preserved. The high stone plinth of the building reinforces the bank of the Kupfergraben canal, above which a tall colonnade rises up, expressing a classical piano nobile.

Large parts of this principal level will be accessible to the public outside opening hours, further extending the public realm of the Museum Island. Slender columns become a leitmotif, reminiscent of the famous sketch by Friedrich Wilhelm IV for his ‘cultural acropolis’. They continue Stüler’s colonnade that originally ended at Neues Museum, creating the new small colonnaded courtyard between the Neues Museum and the James Simon Galerie.

View towards ‘Lustgarten‘

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在细长的底座和下部柱廊之间设置了三个宽阔的台阶，促使游客进入建筑物。 到达上层，游客进入宽敞的门厅，可直接进入Pergamon Museum的主要展厅。门厅还包括自助餐厅，通向一个大楼的露台，该露台贯穿整个建筑。主入口大厅下面的夹层楼可容纳博物馆商店，衣帽间，卫生间和储物柜，临时展览空间和礼堂位于地下室层。

Three flights of wide steps, set between the elongated plinth and the lower colonnade, invite visitors into the building. Arriving at the upper level, visitors enter a generous foyer, with direct level access to the main exhibition floor of the Pergamon Museum. The foyer also encloses the cafeteria and opens out onto a grand terrace that runs the full length of the building. A mezzanine floor beneath the main entrance foyer accommodates the museum shop, a large cloakroom, toilet facilities and lockers, while the temporary exhibition spaces and an auditorium are situated in the basement level.

Upper foyer

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David Chipperfield Architects

James Simon Galerie的建筑语言采用博物馆岛的现有元素，主要来自外部建筑，如建筑地形，柱廊和室外楼梯，参考Schinkel，Stüler和参与博物馆岛创建的其他建筑师。天然石材骨料的重建石材建筑的实质性与博物馆岛丰富的材料色调，石灰石，砂岩和外立面融为一体，而室内空间则采用光滑的现浇混凝土。入口大楼以该市最重要的赞助人James Simon的名字命名，在二十世纪初将他的艺术收藏品和挖掘成果留给了柏林国家博物馆。

The architectural language  of  the James Simon Galerie adopts  existing elements of the Museum Island, primarily from the external architecture, such as built topography, colonnades and outdoor staircases, making reference to  Schinkel,  Stüler  and  the other architects involved in the creation of Museum Island. The materiality of the building in reconstituted stone with natural stone aggregate blends in with the rich material palette of the Museum Island with its limestone, sandstone and rendered façades, while smooth in-situ concrete dominates the interior spaces. The entrance building is named after one of the city’s most important patrons, James Simon, who bequeathed his art collections and  excavation findings  to the Berlin State Museums  at the beginning of the twentieth century.

Auditorium

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