ART MUSEUM ON AN INCLINE

Spring 2021

This art museum started in it of itself as art. Provided with only the sloping of the site for this project, we were told to intersect lines in order to create multiple squares and rectangles that formed linear, centralized, and clustered compositions. To the right is my clustered composition that I decided to move forward with. This sloped site we had received earlier turned out to be a location on our campus that we were building a museum for. I visited this site and documented it before starting the difficult task of making these clustered rectangles and squares into an actual building on this sloped site.

In the end, my art museum provided an experience from the lobby entrance down the hill into four fairly scattered galleries through multiple ramps. The final gallery wraps back into the hill while continuing into the ground as guests continue the loop by taking an elevator back up to the main lobby entrance. The idea of providing enough natural light into the galleries without being too harsh for the art itself proved to be challenging, but I was able to achieve this through the use of slotted shades and clerestroy windows. I also provided a centralized sculpture garden that can be accessed through the lobby or from outside above the path to the elevator underground.

This project primarily focused on form and light while approaching it from a completely unique way. I enjoy looking back at what I have created and referencing it back to the clustered composition of squares and rectangles it originated from.

Cast-in-place concrete w/ clear vapor barrior coating

12’ x 3’ Double-glazed, low-e frosted glass with aluminum window frame

Pre-cast concrete with smooth finish

9’ x 3’ Double-glazed, low-e frosted glass with aluminum window frame

Pre-cast concrete slanted panels with smooth finish, single-glazed low-e glass with glass mortar

Recycled Aluminum custom railing with black finish

Double-glazed, low-e glass with black aluminum window frame

6’ x 12’ Pre-cast Concrete panels with broom finish

Embodied Energy

40 Watt Lightbulb

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Finally, I opted custom balcony the concrete

Specified

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Performance

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