Lub nroog no tau dhau los ua lag luam nthuav dav thaum xyoo pua puv 19, tab sis tom qab ntawd qhov xwm txheej tau hloov thiab qhov chaw nruab nrab ntawm kev lag luam txav mus rau yav qab teb. Hauv Middlesbrough tsis muaj qhov pom zoo ntawm cov tuam tsev thiab keeb kwm (nyob rau hauv 1801 qhov kev sib hais tag nrho muaj plaub thaj liaj teb, nyob qhov twg 25 cov neeg nyob, thiab txij thaum ntawd yuav luag tshwj xeeb kev siv tau tsim nyob ntawd). Tsis muaj lub qhov dej ntawm cov dej ntxhia lossis cov ntug hiav txwv zoo nkauj, thiab lub luag haujlwm ntawm lub chaw lim hlau me me thiab cov chaw nres nkoj thee tsis muaj dab tsi los ua kom zoo nkauj rau thaj chaw ncig nroog.
Thiab tam sim no, nyob rau tom qab-kev lag luam era, Middlesbrough xav tau ib qho kev ncig xyuas kom zoo uas tuaj yeem rov ua kom lub nroog txoj kev lag luam. Txog qhov kawg no, kev sib tw thoob ntiaj teb tau tsim nyob rau xyoo 2002 rau Middlesbrough Institute of Contemporary Art (MIMA) qhov xwm txheej thiab lub xwm fab tom hauv ntej, uas tau yeej los ntawm Eric van Egeraat hauv kev sib txuas nrog rau sab hnub poob 8 toj roob hauv pes ua haujlwm sab nrauv. qhov tshwm sim ntawm kev ntxim nyiam qhib chaw pej xeem hauv nroog chaw cim rau ntawm ib sab los ntawm lub tsev tshiab tam sim no. Tab sis hauv kev muaj tiag, lub tswv yim ntawm cov khaub ncaws ntau tsis yog qhov tseeb. Thaj chaw tau hloov mus rau qhov loj dua li qhov kev npaj tseg, raws li cov kws ua vaj tsev tau hloov mus rau Lub Tsev Kawm Ntawv nyob ze rau txoj kab kev loj hlob. Hloov chaw li niaj zaus asphalt thiab paving pob zeb, nws saum npoo yog sown nrog nyom. Tus taw khawm yog leem nrog cov ntawv txheeb ntawm xeb-oxidized steel, ntaws nrog cov nyom. Ntawm ib kawg ntawm cov elongated square sawv duab puab duab puab dawb los ntawm Claes Oldenburg, thiab ntawm lwm qhov, West 8-tsim ciav. Cov rooj zaum zoo rau so ntawm cov townspeople tsim nyog hais tshwj xeeb.
Lub façade ntawm lub koom haum ntawm Kev Kawm Txuj Ci - qhov tseem ceeb tshaj plaws hauv chav tsev kos duab - kuj tuaj yeem raug ntaus nqi rau ntu ntu ntawm qhov haujlwm uas cuam tshuam txog kev teeb tsa ntawm qhov chaw qhib hauv nroog. Nov yog kab hlau rhuav phab ntsa, tom qab uas koj tuaj yeem pom ib qho kev faib tawm ntxiv uas ua los ntawm cov pob zeb txhaws, tshem tawm ntawm cov nthab (!) Hauv chav tos txais cov tsev. Lub staircase tseem ceeb txiav nws txhua yam, muab dynamism rau fa theade. Saum toj no nws dai sab hauv tsev coj kev txhawb nqa los ntawm cov kav hlau txuas. Tab sis tom qab no kho qhov muag kom pom tseeb yog qhov kev sib tham ib txwm dawb lub tsev tso khoom pom nrog thaj tsam ntawm 4,000 square meters. Lub tsev kuj tseem ua tsev rhiav chaw pib thiab lub tsev rau khoom qhib rau cov neeg tuaj ncig. Tus kem me me ntawm cov qhob dawb, nrog phab ntsa adorned nrog kab txaij ntawm cov hlau ci iab, tsev lub tsev noj mov, tsev noj mov, chaw tswj hwm thiab thaj chaw kawm. Lub tsev faiv fab rov tom qab yog qhov khoom tsis zoo, nruab nrab ua rau pob zeb, txawm tias qhov tseeb tias nws tig sab nraud tsis yog lub tiaj nraum qaum tsev, tab sis ib qho ntawm cov kev hauv nruab nrab ntawm Middlesbrough.
Lub nroog suav rau ntawm 110,000 tus neeg tuaj xyuas ib xyoo rau nws cov duab, yog li vam tias yuav luam tawm - ntawm qhov ntsuas me me - qhov cuam tshuam ntawm Guggenheim Tsev khaws puav pheej hauv Bilbao. Tab sis Egeraat tsis yog Gehry, thiab MIMA tsis yog Guggenheim lossis MOMA. Nws sau ntawm 3000 cov khoom pov thawj suav nrog tsis yog tsuas yog "tag nrho" kev kos duab thiab duab puab, tab sis kuj tseem saib cov hniav nyiaj hniav kub thiab ntaub. Ntau npaum li cas tag nrho cov no yuav muaj peev xwm nyiam cov neeg tuaj ncig ntawm nroog loj hauv tebchaws Aas Kiv - thiab, ntxiv mus, los ntawm txawv teb chaws - lub sijhawm yuav qhia.
