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MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ART
Fall 2021
First Year Design Studio, ARC 2021L
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Cal Poly Pomona Architecture (CPP/ARC)
Instructor: Maria Sviridova
The project explores the idea of nesting spaces within larger volumes. Originating from the rotation of a grid, the project’s overall massing is the result of two volumes that were rotated and then merged. The intersection of these two volumes creates a seam towards the west side of the building, allowing the building to fold. As a result of the building folding away from its nearby party wall, the front and back of the site are bridged allowing one to pass between the building without having to enter it. This lets the project act not just as a museum but as a thoroughfare, connecting Little Tokyo’s cultural fabric.
The nesting condition of the project appears most clearly in the main gallery. In plan, the main gallery sits within the larger bounding box of the building with service-related program wrapping around it.
The folding that takes place also helps regulate circulation. Circulation runs along the folded edge of the volumes within a large double-height canyon. Off the main gallery, circulation branches away from the museum in an “arm” of stairs that lead to an exterior space and the auditorium.
Various techniques to provide natural light into spaces are deployed throughout the project; the ground above the classroom peels upwards creating a skylight, the front facade of the project receives a punch that diffuses light into the gallery, and the ceiling of the main gallery folds upwards letting light seep into to below.
EXTERIOR MODEL PHOTOGRAPH
EXTERIOR MODEL PHOTOGRAPH
EXTERIOR MODEL PHOTOGRAPH
EXTERIOR MODEL PHOTOGRAPH
SPLIT MODEL PHOTOGRAPH
SPLIT MODEL PHOTOGRAPH
SPLIT MODEL PHOTOGRAPH
SPLIT MODEL PHOTOGRAPH
EX04: Museum of Japanese Contemporary Art CPP/ARC ARC2011A F2021
EX04: Museum of Japanese Contemporary Art CPP/ARC ARC2011A F2021
EX04: Museum of Japanese Contemporary Art CPP/ARC ARC2011A F2021
EX04: Museum of Japanese Contemporary Art CPP/ARC ARC2011A F2021
INTERIOR MODEL PHOTOGRAPH
INTERIOR MODEL PHOTOGRAPH
INTERIOR MODEL PHOTOGRAPH
INTERIOR MODEL PHOTOGRAPH
MODEL PHOTOGRAPH OF APPROACH FROM 1ST STREET
MODEL PHOTOGRAPH OF APPROACH FROM 1ST STREET
MODEL PHOTOGRAPH OF APPROACH FROM 1ST STREET
MODEL PHOTOGRAPH OF APPROACH FROM 1ST STREET
MUSEUM OF CONTEMPORARY JAPANESE ART
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