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The MQ Libelle on the roof of the Leopold Museum in the MuseumsQuartier Wien is a work of art by architects Laurids Ortner and Manfred Ortner ( O&O Baukunst ), completed in 2020, with permanent artistic interventions by Brigitte Kowanz and Eva Schlegel . It can be reached via two lifts on the outside of the Leopold Museum and is free for everyone. There is a gastro kiosk with a garden on the terrace. The MuseumsQuartier, which opened in 2011, is being expanded for the first time with the MQ Libelle. The MQ Libelle is a cultural area, viewing platform, resting place for visitors to the MuseumsQuartier Wien and an event location.

Architecture and art

The MQ Libelle was planned by the architects Laurids and Manfred Ortner, who were already responsible for the new buildings opened in 2001 in the MuseumsQuartier Wien ( Leopold Museum , mumok , Kunsthalle Wien ). From the original idea of ​​a simple structure on top of the Leopold Museum in 2007, the architects Ortner & Ortner developed a design over several conceptual phases, which was implemented as a project of the MuseumsQuartier Errichtungs- und Betriebsgesellschaft by Director Christian Strasser . The architects chose the name Libelle because of its location on the roof of the Leopold Museum and the architecture that appears to be airy, light and floating.

The MQ Libelle does not only mean the structure on the roof of the Leopold Museum, but the entire terrace landscape. The architects Ortner & Ortner and the artists Brigitte Kowanz and Eva Schlegel have created the ensemble of architecture and art as a total work of art . The total area of ​​the MQ Libelle is 1,350 m², of which 970 m² are accounted for by the terrace and 383 m² by the building, which has a ceiling height of 4 meters. The building height of the MQ Libelle is 7.69 meters, so the total height, Leopold Museum including MQ Libelle, is 32.09 meters in total.

The work "veiled" by Eva Schlegel forms the outer skin of the MQ Libelle and consists of 60 artistically processed glass panes, which are provided with around 2.35 million dots and, according to the title, have the effect of a veil that covers the glass surfaces. 250 full glass cones are attached to the vertical glass joints, which give the appearance of a spiked dress. Brigitte Kowanz created three lighting fixtures for the terrace with her work "Lichtkreise". The three steel rings, on the underside of which light strips are attached, have diameters of 13.5 meters, 10.5 meters and 8.4 meters respectively. They rest on inclined supports, which gives them a floating character. Two of the three light circles protrude over the edge of the roof. In their entirety, they result in a reflection of the floor plan of the MQ Libelle.

Purpose of use and accessibility

The MQ Libelle is accessible free of charge to visitors to the MuseumsQuartier Wien during fixed opening times and outside of a winter break. It serves as a place for cultural events, a recreation area and a viewing platform. It is used by the MuseumsQuartier Errichtungsgesellschaft, which also uses it for rentals. The MQ Libelle can be reached via 2 outside lifts.

history

In 2007 architect Laurids Ortner prepared a study for an architectural structure on the roof of the Leopold Museum based on the idea of ​​the Leopold Museum's commercial director, Peter Weinhäupl . In the years that followed, Laurids and Manfred Ortner created designs for a work of art that was supposed to expand the MuseumsQuartier at roof height, and developed the MQ Libelle in conjunction with permanent interventions by the artists Brigitte Kowanz and Eva Schlegel. On April 7, 2014, MQ Director Christian Strasser, together with Laurids Ortner, Brigitte Kowanz and Eva Schlegel, Federal Minister Josef Ostermayer and City Councilor for Culture Andreas Mailath-Pokorny presented the plans for the realization of the MQ Libelle to the public for the first time at a press conference.

Between 2014 and 2018, the construction plans were adapted and the construction work on the roof of the Leopold Museum was prepared. The originally presented model envisaged a two-story building with a restaurant, which was subsequently redimensioned to one floor. Instead of an indoor restaurant that was initially planned, the final design includes a catering kiosk on the terrace, which is looked after by the operators of Café Leopold.

The conception for the light installation by Brigitte Kowanz initially consisted of a strip of light and was adapted to light rings that reflect the building axes of the MQ Libelle.

The start of construction was based on the exhibition program of the Leopold Museum, which in 2017 still needed full capacity to host several large anniversary exhibitions and was set for autumn 2018. In August 2018 the groundbreaking on the roof of the Leopold Museum took place by MQ Director Christian Strasser, Minister of Culture Gernot Blümel and the Vienna City Councilor for Culture Veronica Kaup-Hasler . Before the actual construction work, the roof of the Leopold Museum was renovated.

In the early summer of 2019 the installation of the artistic intervention “Circles of Light” by Brigitte Kowanz began. At the beginning of July 2019 the shell was finished and the roof was finished. MQ Director Christian Strasser celebrated the topping-out ceremony with those responsible for the construction of Granit, as well as with Leopold Museum Director Hans-Peter Wipplinger , architect Laurids Ortner, the artists Brigitte Kowanz and Eva Schlegel as well as the Vienna City Councilor for Culture Veronica Kaup-Hasler and Art Section Head Jürgen Meindl. In September 2019, the completion of the glass facade, which the artist Eva Schlegel designed in the form of her permanent intervention “veiled”, began.

The MQ Libelle was completed on time in February 2020. The opening ceremony initially planned was planned for April 21, 2020 and had to be postponed to the end of August 2020 due to the Covid 19 crisis and the associated security measures for the population.

literature

MuseumsQuartier Wien: MQ Libelle. The expansion of a cultural area, Verlag für moderne Kunst, Vienna, 2020, ISBN 978-3-903320-77-2

Welzig, Maria: The Hofburg since 1918, From the Residence to the Museumsquartier (Publications of the Commission for Art History, Volume 5), Verlag der Akademie der Österreichischen Wissenschaften, Vienna, 2018, ISBN 978-3700180289

Parnassus 01/2020: A dragonfly has landed by Brigitte Groihofer, pp. 10–13.

Parnassus 01/2020: The dragonfly is a symbol for the MQ - Christian Strasser met Parnassus in his office in the MQ by Silvie Aigner, p. 14.

La Bulteneto number 49 about the dragonfly and a preview of the exhibitions in the Leopold Museum 2020/2021 (in Esperanto and German). Free of charge as a pdf from esperanto@chello.at

Web links

Individual evidence

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  2. ↑ Meeting point architecture: Libelle in the MQ. In: Architecture & Construction Forum. February 21, 2020, accessed June 28, 2020 .
  3. ^ "Libelle" in the Vienna Museum Quarter is taking shape. In: Wiener Zeitung. September 12, 2019, accessed June 28, 2020 .
  4. ^ Leopold Museum: Dragonfly approaching. In: Architecture & Construction Forum. October 14, 2019, accessed June 28, 2020 .
  5. ↑ circles of light dragonfly, 2011-2020. Brigitte Kowanz, accessed on June 28, 2020 .
  6. ↑ Wiener MQ receives "Libelle". In: Ö1 Journal. April 8, 2014, accessed June 8, 2020 .
  7. ↑ A "dragonfly" for the MQ: Leopold Museum receives roof structure. In: Courier. April 7, 2014, accessed June 28, 2020 .
  8. ↑ Judith Hecht: A highlight for Leopold: The "Libelle". In: The press. April 7, 2014, accessed June 28, 2020 .
  9. ↑ Leopold Museum: The dragonfly does not fly off until later. In: The Standard. December 13, 2016, accessed June 28, 2020 .
  10. ↑ Anna-Maria Bauer: Leopold Museum gets a public roof terrace with no obligation to consume. In: Kurier.at. August 27, 2018, accessed June 28, 2020 .
  11. ↑ Construction of the MQ Libelle "exactly on schedule". In: Salzburger Nachrichten. July 1, 2019, accessed June 28, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Pictures MQ Libelle topping-out ceremony press conference, 1.7.2019. In: eSel. July 1, 2019, accessed June 28, 2020 .
  13. ↑ Glass walls of the "Libelle" built into the Vienna MQ. In: Vienna.at. September 12, 2019, accessed June 28, 2020 .
  14. ^ Sophie Brandl: The opening of the "MQ Libelle" is postponed. In: Mein Bezirk.at. March 31, 2020, accessed June 28, 2020 .