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GALLERY 64
Gallery 64
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A Recorded History
The semi-public courtyard between the historic Randall School and the mid-rise apartments of Gallery 64 is allows for concerts hosted by the Rubell Museum which occupies the renovated school. There is a history of music on this site, known to some in the community as the junior high school that Marvin Gaye attended.
Recalling this history, the team wished to acknowledge his legacy symbolically within the design. We married the rectangular paneling of Gallery 64’s facade with the notes from Gaye’s sheet music of “What’s Going On”.v Both the treble and bass are abstracted onto the gates entering the courtyard.
Paths in the central courtyard slope down into the performance space , while planter walls rise along these paths until folding into an amphitheater. This inverse relationship of sinking paths and rising walls enable a greater acoustic experience for the audience. In turn, the central courtyard is enveloped in a bosque of trees and understory plantings that separate the space from the museum and residences.
Responsibilities
- Project Landscape Architect from Concept Design through Construction Documents;
- Presented concepts to developer and design team;
- Coordinated construction documents and bulletin sets with architecture team.
