Mönchengladbach, Germany – At the close of 2006, the city of Mönchengladbach was faced with a major cultural problem. City leaders needed to close the Abteiberg Museum for an extended time period for renovations.
To beautify the site during the renovations, Susanne Titz, director of the museum, came up with an interesting design concept to give the city theater a special museum look.
The original concept called for a post-world war concrete design. The final concept, created by designers Jan and Tim Edler of Berlin-based “Realities United,” was a bit different.
Realities United proposed using textiles instead of concrete parts because concrete would prove too heavy for the structure of the building. The firm contacted Junkers & Müllers and worked with the local Roland DG office in Willich to print the design on a Roland AdvancedJET AJ-1000 using EcoXtreme inks.
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| Museum at beginning of renovation process. |
The media selected for this project was a J&M TT Bermuda textile, a highly durable polymeric, fire-resistant coated media that images well with EcoXtreme inks. The durability of the finished prints will make it possible to cover the theater structure for as long as needed to renovate the old museum – and maybe even longer. In total, the project required 60 panels measuring 2.5m x 5m in size to cover a total surface of 850m². |
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| To provide a finished look during renovation, the Abteiberg Museum
features lightweight panels printed on a Roland AdvancedJET to
look like concrete. |
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