2024-05-01T02:09:51-04:00 https://archinect.com/news/article/150032491/james-turrell-and-schmidt-hammer-lassen-architects-design-new-galleries-for-the-aros-aarhus-art-museum Noémie Despland-Lichtert 2017-10-10T13:10:00-04:00 >2024-03-15T01:45:58-04:00 <img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/a0/a0twpeyaoegpqzio.jpg?fit=crop&auto=compress%2Cformat&enlarge=true&w=1200" border="0" /><em><p>ARoS Aarhus Art Museum&rsquo;s new additions will be typical of James Turrell&rsquo;s approach, relying on light to guide visitors around the galleries and exhibition spaces. The rooms lie almost 120 metres beneath the surface, and are invisible from above ground.</p></em><br /><br /><figure><figure><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/70/70vejet4z2o9nhe1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/70/70vejet4z2o9nhe1.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a><br></figure></figure><figure><figcaption>Artist James Turrell with model of the dome. Courtesy ARoS Aarhus Art Museum and Schmidt Hammer Lassen</figcaption></figure><p>Artist James Turrell partnered with&nbsp;<a href="https://archinect.com/firms/cover/851/schmidt-hammer-lassen-architects" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Schmidt Hammer Lassen Architects</a>&nbsp;on&nbsp;an extension project for the ARoS Aarhus Art Museum in Copenhagen. The new galleries and installations will include several additional rooms and a 40m wide dome.</p> <figure><p><a href="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ql/qlomsfjiff3iil8e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=1028" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"><img src="https://archinect.gumlet.io/uploads/ql/qlomsfjiff3iil8e.jpg?auto=compress%2Cformat&amp;w=514"></a></p><figcaption>Courtesy ARoS Aarhus Art Museum and Schmidt Hammer Lassen</figcaption></figure>