2.5 De Young Museum
designed by Herzog and de Meuron
The De Young Museum, located in San Francisco, California, was completed in October 2005. The entire exterior is clad of copper, which is expected to eventually oxidize and take a greenish tone to echo the nearby eucalyptus tree. In order to further harmonize with the surroundings, shapes were cut into the top to reveal gardens and courtyards where 48 trees had been planted. The abstract texture of a forest canopy was created from high-contrast digital images that were mapped onto the building surface and pixelated into a finite set of depths and diameters. Herzog and de Meuron used a software by A.Zahner Co. to create the metal sheets. The De Young was a important to study for materiality. I want to design a building that reveals movement within the building. The perforated metal sheets would be appropriate for this effect.
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