HIP VALLEY

Museum Archive EXTENSION

Academic Design Project

Philadelphia, PA

Designer Professor | Brian De Luna TA | Bingyu Guo

Museum, to most people, is a place to preserve and exhibit. But for the artifacts, it is a place to settle and observe the revolution of the world and history. The extension was designed to be a place for visitors to observe and have meditation about the artifacts, the history and the society. The main concept of the design here is to construct a space between interior and exterior that also blends the old and new. The gable and hip roofs of the museum were further developed to consist a new roof typology. These surfaces constructed some non-enclosed space that contains irregular openings.

The combination of the old and new, the futuristic shape and classic infiltration offer an extraordinary stage with openness for artifacts to be exhibited.

The classic elements from museum were simplified and redesigned to blend into the new form. The openings that arches created will also give a new definition of the structure being exposed to the passengers on the street. Visitors inside the building are able to observe the surroundings as well. The boundaries between the new structure and the museum will be blurry.