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New Contemporary Arts MuseumNew York City
Designed by SANAAStephen B. Dietert - Richard Bassett – Amy Kircher – Lauren Upchurch – Matt Ostermeier
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Architect Background
SANAAEstablished in 1995 by Kazuyo Sejima and Ryue NishizawaBased in Toyko, JapanRecipients of numerous awards included the Pritzker Prize in 2010Buildings range from museums to houses to institutional buildingsKnown for designs that are luminous and deceptively simple in aesthetics but sophisticated and complex in detail.
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Site: Manhattan, New York
235 Bowery St. Manhattan, New York, NY
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235 BoweryAmong History and Culture
“New Museum of Contemporary Art is a seven-story, eight-level structurelocated on the Bowery at a pivotal geographic and cultural intersection inNew York’s urban fabric. A composition of stacked boxes rising 174 feetabove the street and shifted off axis in different directions from thebuilding core, conveys the dynamism of the institution, creates skylightsthat bring natural light into interiors, and is punctuated by windows thatoffer city vistas.”
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Stacked Boxes“that is simultaneously delicate and powerful, precise and fluid, ingenious but not overly or overtly clever.”
"a sculptural stack of rectilinear boxes dynamically shifted off-axis around a central steel core."
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Anti-Monumental Expanded Aluminum screen makes up the outer skin allowing views from within and creating a dematerialized effect and play of light.
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Building Layout
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Building Sections
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Wide Open Spaces
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“The thinness was critical”
“That perimeter bracing proved the most complicated part of theproject, according to Kevin Poulin, senior project manager for SimpsonGumpertz & Heger (SGH), the building’s structural engineer of record.The staggered boxes posed significant challenges for controlling lateralseismic and wind loads.”
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Building Components and Systems
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Structural Features
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Loading Summary
Moment Force Shear Force
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Deflection Axial Force
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Gravity Loads
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Lateral Load Resistance
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Foundation and Soil
• In order to support the weight of the tower, builders needed to set the buildings on solid bedrock, which in lower Manhattan is between 60 and 80 feet below the surface. The foundational scheme consisted of a shallow, one basement excavation temporarily supported by sheeting and New York City “caissons”.
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Ugo Rondinone’s Hell, Yes! (2001), was unveiled as the first artwork for the Façade Sculpture Program to celebrate the opening of the New Museum’s first freestanding building at 235 Bowery in December 2007.
He takes phrases from pop songs and everyday exclamations and makes them into rainbow-hued, neon-lit sculptures that are joyous affirmations of love and life.
The installation encapsulates the philosophy of openness, fearlessness, and optimism that surrounded the New Museum’s reemergence in the contemporary art community.
Hell, Yes! became such a pivotal part of the Museum’s new identity that it was acquired and donated to the New Museum by several museum trustees.
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The End
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References
• http://www.siny.org/media/projects/nmca.pdf
• http://architecturalrecord.construction.com/features/0803newmuseum/
• http://www.arcspace.com/architects/sejima_nishizawa/new_museum/
• http://www.newmuseum.org/about/new_building/
• http://www.newmuseum.org/exhibitions/18