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Sumit Singhal
Sumit Singhal loves modern architecture. He comes from a family of builders who have built more than 20 projects in the last ten years near Delhi in India. He has recently started writing about the architectural projects that catch his imagination. The Wellin Museum of Art by Machado and Silvetti AssociatesAugust 27th, 2013 by Sumit Singhal
Article source: Machado and Silvetti Associates The Wellin Museum is prominently sited on a corner lot, across the road from the Art History department and across a gracious lawn from the future Theatre and Studio Arts Building. This collection of art buildings around a reconstructed pond, designed with Reed Hilderbrand Associates, will create a new arts quad at Hamilton and help develop visual and pedestrian connections between the two sides of campus, a stated goal of the College.  Image Courtesy © Anton Grassl / Esto
 Image Courtesy © Anton Grassl / Esto Working closely with the faculty, Machado and Silvetti Associates developed a design, which brings museum visitors directly from campus paths and outdoor sculpture areas through a monumental two-story glass archive hall that showcases the College’s unique collection. The building’s plan and massing follows a clear tripartite diagram, with the “cabinet of curiosities” entry lobby and archives at the center flanked by a gallery wing to the West and a service wing to the East.  Image Courtesy © Anton Grassl / Esto To put the workings of the museum on display, holding and receiving areas, archive spaces, administrative offices and seminar rooms are all visible through the object-filled glass cases. The richly textured, dark terracotta cladding of the central volume reinforces its key role in the program and composition.  Image Courtesy © Anton Grassl / Esto The western wing of the museum, clad in custom-designed undulating reconstructed stone blocks, houses a 6,200 square foot exhibit gallery which can be reconfigured to support student-curated shows. The building also includes a 48-seat lecture hall with state of the art multimedia equipment and a lounge as well as workshops and back of house spaces to support the ambitious teaching mission of the museum.  Image Courtesy © Anton Grassl / Esto The project is designed to meet the stringent temperature and humidity requirements of an archival museum. The museum draws its heating and cooling from a closed loop geothermal well field that has been placed beneath the sculpture terrace. Occupancy sensors, a high performance building envelope and other energy efficient systems are used to meet the College’s sustainability goals.  Image Courtesy © Anton Grassl / Esto  Image Courtesy © Anton Grassl / Esto  Image Courtesy © Anton Grassl / Esto  Image Courtesy © Anton Grassl / Esto  Image Courtesy © Machado and Silvetti Associates  Image Courtesy © Machado and Silvetti Associates  Image Courtesy © Machado and Silvetti Associates  Image Courtesy © Machado and Silvetti Associates  Image Courtesy © Machado and Silvetti Associates
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