Ottopian House II, also know as Lauf Haus der Kunst, begins with two museum (of art) plans, Karl F. Schinkel's Altes Museum and Stirling and Wilford's Museum for Nordrhine Westfalen. The Museum for Nordrhine Westfalen, although unexecuted, is a clear, albeit metabolic, reenactment of the Altes Museum. In turn, Lauf Haus der Kunst manifests a further metabolic reenactment of both museums.





top: Karl Freidrich Schinkel, Altes Museum, 1824-30, Berlin. The Altes Museum, along with the British Museum, is the forerunner of the museum typology of architecture.
bottom: James Stirling, Michael Wilford & Associates, Museum for Nordrhine Westfalen, 1975 (project), Düsseldorf. The Museum for Nordrhine Westfalen, along with the Staatsgalerie at Stuttgart are clearly museums inspired by the Altes Museum.

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