New Museum of Contemporary Art Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA
ARCH 5310 Design Tactics & Operations Spring 2013 Katie Ginn Ubben
Project New Museum of Contemporary Art
Year 2002 - 07
Address 235 Bowery, New York, New York
GFA 16,400 sq ft
Architect Kazuyo Sejima + Ryue Nishizawa / SANAA
Program 4 Public Galleries Education Center “White Box” Theater Multipurpose Event Room Terrace with Views of Manhattan
Neighborhoods of Manhattan
Site: The Bowery
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The New Museum is located at the intersection of the Bowery and Prince Street.
Promenade: from Prince Street
Promenade: from the Bowery
Approaching the Museum
Approaching the Museum
Approaching the Museum
Massing Diagram
Located in the dense urban setting of the Bowery, musuem’s site is constrained to a 71’ x 100’ plot. This forced the architects to build up.
Massing Diagram
“Shifted volumes allow for skylights and terraces, wihile maximizing wall space and keeping within the zoned building envelope.� SANAA: New Museum, Lisa Phillips, 2011
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Diagram of Skylights + Terrace
“A setback skylight allows for one to see the sky or time of day. A setback terrace allows one to stand outside and see the building up close while looking out over the neighborhood and larger city landscape.� SANAA: New Museum, Lisa Phillips, 2011
“After realizing the roughness of the Bowery and its vibrant history, the architects decided to use an industrial anodized aluminum mesh that wraps the volumes seamlessly, and gives the building a monolithic appearance. The undulating surface of the mesh also gives a fuzziness that reflects all the colors and angles of the sky and the cityscape.� SANAA: New Museum, Lisa Phillips, 2011
“From far away, the museum looks soft in the landscape. From up close, its mesh diamonds look defined and rough like its neighborhood.” SANAA: New Museum, Lisa Phillips, 2011
Basement
1st Floor
Mechanical Gallery Clean Room Cafe
Gift Shop Service
Theater Storage
Floor Plan
Storage
Lobby
Worm’s Eye Axonometric
1st Floor
Gallery
Service
Cafe
Gift Shop Lobby
Entrance
Entrance
Moment 1: Entering the Museum
2nd Floor
3rd Floor
Gallery
Floor Plan
4th Floor
Gallery
Gallery
Worm’s Eye Axonometric
2nd Floor
Gallery
Skylight
Moment 2: Skylights created by the “Shifts”
Skylight
Worm’s Eye Axonometric
4th Floor
Gallery
Narrow Stair
Moment 3: The Narrow Stair
Narrow Stair
5th Floor
6th Floor
Education
Floor Plan
7th Floor
Office
Multipurpose
Worm’s Eye Axonometric
5th Floor
Education
View through Metal Mesh
Moment 4: View through the Mesh
View through Metal Mesh
Worm’s Eye Axonometric
7th Floor
Multipurpose
Sky Terrace
Moment 5: Sky Terrace
Sky Terrace
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Mechanical
Mechanical
Multipurpose
Multipurpose
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B Office
Office
Education
Education
Gallery
Gallery
Gallery
Gallery
Gallery
Lobby
Gallery
Gallery
Theater
Theater
Storage
Storage
Section A
Section
Gallery
Section B
Spatial Sequence The following diagrammatic series depicts the spatial sequence through the museum. The building is shown in a sectional perspective with the core shaded in pink. Scale figures, that correspond to the photographs, are used in order to show the experience of a visitor.
Lobby
Spatial Sequence: Ground Floor
Gallery
Spatial Sequence: Ground Floor
Elevator
Spatial Sequence: Ground Floor
Multipurpose Room
Spatial Sequence: 7th Floor
Terrace with View of Manahattan
Spatial Sequence: Sky Terrace
Education Center
Spatial Sequence: 5th Floor
View through Metal Mesh
Spatial Sequence: 5th Floor
Gallery
Spatial Sequence: 4th Floor
Approaching Narrow Stair
Spatial Sequence: 4th Floor
“A narrow staircase, 50 feet long and 4 feet wide, connects the third and fourth floors, exaggerating the distance between the two and heightening your anticipation to the point of torture. At the top, a narrow wedge of space connects the staircase to the gallery, inducing a sudden sense of compression before you experience the release of stepping into the exhibition.� New Look for the New Museum, Nicolai Ouroussoff, New York Times, 2007
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Narrow Stair
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Detail of Narrow Stair
Gallery Skylight
Spatial Sequence: 3rd Floor
Gallery Skylight
Spatial Sequence: 2nd Floor
Stair to Theater
Spatial Sequence: Ground Floor
“White Box” Theater
Spatial Sequence: Basement
Terrace
Education Center Gallery
Section Perspective
View from the Bowery
View from Prince Street
Proposal for Festival of Ideas for the New City
Installation Art
Let Us Make Cake video projection on the facade of the New Museum as part of Flash:Light
By Katherine Ginn Ubben April 2013
New Museum - Sanaa, 2011 Marlon de Azambuja, Artist