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NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE U.S. NAVY ARTISTIC IDEAS COMPETITION FINALIST
DLR Group is one of five national finalists to create a design concept for a new museum focused on the history and traditions of the U.S. Navy. Our design concept draws inspiration from the Navy’s activities in the seas, skies, and space. The building’s form emerges from a series of water features at the museum’s foundation, entry, and ceremonial courtyard. Assuming the site will include a major urban street, an iconic exhibit volume elevated above the ground creates the public impression of the museum. Its faceted surfaces reflect the sky, the water, and
the surrounding neighborhood. Raised terraces on multiple levels -- all enhanced by landscape, seating, and artifacts -- provide flexible use for events. Major artifacts -- including the U.S.S. Constitution’s Fighting Top and a McDonnell Douglas F/A-18 Hornet -- distributed throughout the complex provide moments of respite and reflection, while acting as transitions between exhibit galleries. Immersive media and integrated technology incorporated throughout the museum enable visitors to engage with the U.S. Navy’s history, stories, and pivotal moments.
CLEVELAND MUSEUM OF NATURAL HISTORY EXPANSION
Situated prominently within Cleveland’s cultural district, the Cleveland Museum of Natural History is a pillar of science, education, research, conservation, and community engagement.
Supporting the Museum’s multiphase Centennial Transformation project, DLR Group’s design of severalphasesofrenovationandaniconicaddition will enhance exhibit, educational, and gathering spaces. New, renovated, and reorganized exhibit spaces expand programming and improve visitor circulation with connections to the exterior and to nature. The design re-imagines the presentation of the Museum’s world-renowned collections and research labs by relocating these previously behind-the-scenesspacesalongsideexhibitsgiving visitors a glimpse into the inner workings of the Museum and providing new opportunities for learning. Inspired by the Museum’s commitment to sustainability and its relationship with
surrounding bodies of water, alluvial shapes within the design create a single and continuous form that ties together current and previous additions. Furthermore, the design consolidates two remote entries into a new grand visitors hall. A new cafe expansion increases the Museum’s prominence on Wade Oval – a park that is the front door for a number of cultural institutions.
MALTZ MUSEUM OF JEWISH HERITAGE
The new Maltz Museum of Jewish Heritage builds bridges of understanding by sharing Jewish heritage through the lens of the American experience. DLR Group’s design, emphasizing minimalist simplicity and refined elegance, creates an iconic form with monumental presence symbolically integrated into its landscape. In a unifying gesture, the project excavates the site for the museum and its outdoor garden to correlate to the elevation of the adjacent Temple-Tifereth Israel–a major intervention that creates figural outdoor space flanking the museum. The land around the cut in the earth is shaped as a berm sheathed with the same hand-tooled Jerusalem limestone as the building and reminiscent of a “wall of remembrance.” The procession from the site entry is heightened by the selective revelation of the museum, viewed above the rim
of the descending berm. The building’s façade is cut and tooled with several finishes to evoke the texture of ancient city walls. The stone creates an endless play of light and shadow within a modern vocabulary. Inside the museum, space is fluid and open, with column-free space achieved through the use of long-span joists. The building plan, simple and functional, zones programmatic elements into clusters that have access to natural light and exhibit areas that must be protected from light.Scope Summary- An open lobby welcomes visitors into this new 24,000 SF museum. The lobby serves as a multi-use center hall (available to members for private event rental), clearly guiding visitors to select from multiple exhibit and activity areas. Galleries include: a core 7,000 SF immersive exhibition space illuminating a streetscape of Jewish experience; a flexible, 4,300 SF special exhibition gallery for traveling exhibits with a transition gallery and viewing room; and the 2,300 SF Temple-Tifereth Israel Gallery, which is visible from the exterior and contains the collection of Judaica. The museum also features a 60-seat briefing theater/lecture hall and a retail store. The project employed a number of sustainable elements, including use of high-performance glazing to reduce solar load and increase HVAC efficiency, locally sourced materials, and daylighting. DLR Group provided architecture, interior design, MEP and structural engineering services.