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Sanjay Gangal is the President of IBSystems, the parent company of AECCafe.com, MCADCafe, EDACafe.Com, GISCafe.Com, and ShareCG.Com. Museum of Modern Art Renovation in New York by Diller Scofidio + RenfroOctober 23rd, 2019 by Sanjay Gangal
Article source: Diller Scofidio + Renfro The Museum of Modern Art has completed a renovation and expansion designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, in collaboration with Gensler, that has increased gallery space by 30%, provides visitors with a more welcoming and comfortable experience, and better connects the Museum to the urban fabric of midtown Manhattan. Launched in 2014, the first phase of renovations on the east end was completed in 2017, and the second phase of expansion on the west end is now complete and opens to the public on October 21, 2019. The overall expansion yields a net increase in MoMA’s gallery space of one third, to approximately 165,000 square feet, allowing the Museum to exhibit significantly more art in new and interdisciplinary ways. The design optimized current spaces to be more flexible and technologically sophisticated, expanded and opened up the main lobby into a light-filled, double-height space that connects seamlessly between West 53rd and 54th Streets, and created a multitude of circulation routes with more areas for visitors to pause and reflect. The state-of-the-art Studio in the heart of the Museum and an innovative second-floor Creativity Lab invite visitors to connect with art that explores new ideas about the present, past, and future. The flagship Museum store has been lowered one level and made visible to the street through a dramatic glass wall and a new sixth-floor café includes an outdoor terrace facing 53rd Street. The clear glass façade, new street-level galleries, and a ground floor free and open to all offer increased transparency and bring art closer to people on the streets of midtown Manhattan.  53rd Street Elevation, Photography by Brett Beyer, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro
 53rd Street Entrance Canopy, Photography by Brett Beyer, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro
 53rd Street Entrance Canopy, Photography by Brett Beyer, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Exterior view of The Museum of Modern Art, 53rd Street Entrance Canopy, Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro The architectural expression is a restrained conversation between the existing palette and new materials within The Museum of Modern Art. The design taps into the historic DNA of the building, relating disparate elements through a series of strategic interventions that reflect aspects of twentieth-century modernism: purity of material expression, abstraction of space, and thinness. Synthesis is achieved with a minimalist use of materials which correlates with the existing building fabric. Lobby And Ticketing (Level +1) A new custom entry canopy welcomes visitors into a double height space from 53rd street with an uninterrupted view between 53rd and 54th street, liberated by reconfiguring ticketing and coat check off this central axis. This primary entrance is complimented by a secondary entrance in the east lobby, which features a dedicated film desk and reception and coat check for members. Visitors can access the retail store and ground level galleries through two entrances in the west lobby. The open lobby is equipped to host installations of art, on a ground floor free and open to all.  Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro Flagship Museum Store (Level -1) The 5,950 square foot flagship Museum store is located at the Cellar Level, open to the Lobby above. This allows the reconfigured lobby to be visually connected to the street. Clear street-level glazing allows views into the store from the exterior sidewalk above. The lowered elevation provides a high degree of visibility without interfering with the lobby and art spaces beyond. Museum visitors can look down into the store from the Night Entry, West Connector Lounge, and Blade Stair in passing. There is a dedicated street entrance, bridge, glass elevator and stair enabling shoppers to bypass museum patrons if desired. Street-Level Gallery, Projects Gallery (Level +1) The 3,900 square foot street-level galleries, including the dedicated Projects Gallery, are free and open to all on the expanded ground floor. The double-height Projects Gallery (26’- 6”) is responsive to variable media and scale, integrating roll-up shades for projections and black out shades to enable variable lighting control for projections. The custom designed LED light fixtures can be reconfigured within the light track system. They provide an even wall-wash of light, ideally suited for mixed-media installations.  Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro Paula And James Crown Creativity Lab (Level +2) The 1,600 square foot Crown Creativity Lab, designed by Gensler, on the second floor is an experimental, creative space programmed by the Education Department to explore ideas, questions, and art processes. The use of wood and soft materials creates a warm and engaging space. The choice of plywood creates a playful environment, and the lighting illuminates the space, as seen from the lobby. A large pivoting wall for projections and pinups, as well as full height storage walls, support MoMA’s dynamic educational programs.  View of West Connector from 53rd Street, Photography by Brett Beyer, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Interior view of The Museum of Modern Art Lobby, West Connector , Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro David Geffen Wing, Jerry Speyer And Katherine Farley Building (Level +2, +4, +5) Thanks to the redesigned circulation, the new western expansion of the Museum will be dedicated almost entirely to the display of art. The more than 40,000 square feet of gallery space being added in the western portion of the building will enable MoMA to realize a long-held aspiration: to present significantly more of its collection through a series of fluid, interconnected narratives of modern and contemporary art across all mediums. The existing galleries on the second, fourth, and fifth floors have been expanded westward through the new David Geffen Wing inside the 53W53 building designed by Jean Nouvel, adding approximately 11,500 sf per floor. The 30 percent increase in gallery space includes the Jerry Speyer and Katherine Farley Building, a stack of vertically interlocking galleries of varying heights, some naturally lit, some equipped for performance and film. The new galleries can accommodate over double the typical load capacity of existing galleries, measuring 250 pounds per square foot with provisions for 13,000 pound point loads throughput the galleries. The subtle shifts in palette marking the passage between old and new galleries include increasing 4-inch wide wooded plank flooring to 8-inch wide planks and blackened steel portals inspired by the Taniguchi-designed stainless steel portals.  Interior view of The Museum of Modern Art, West Lobby Lounge and Eli & Edythe Broad Ticketing Platform , Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Interior view of The Museum of Modern Art, Flagship Museum Store , Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro Marie-Josée And Henry Kravis Studio (Level +4, +5) The 2,000 square foot state-of-the-art Marie-Josée and Henry Kravis Studio is the world’s first dedicated space for performance, process, and time-based art centrally integrated within the galleries of a major museum. Here, performance, dance, music, and sound works connect to the stories of modern and contemporary art in the surrounding collection galleries, through vestibule doors on the fourth floor and an overlook window on the fifth floor flex gallery. The 31-foot, double-height black box space can accommodate a range of seating and staging scenarios with a maximum seating capacity of 105 and a 20’ deep stage. Demountable seating risers can be deployed, or stored, to accommodate an open floor plan. The space can accommodate variable acoustics requirements, with a Sound Transmission Class Rating of 60, on par with major concert halls. While performances can be daylit, the studio is also equipped with solar shading, black out curtains, and theatrical lighting. A walkable, suspended tension ceiling grid further enhances the studio’s flexibility.  Installation View of Fossil Psychics for Christa (2019) by Kerstin Brätsch in The Caroll and Milton Petrie Terrace Sixth Floor Café, The Museum of Modern Art, Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Installation view of Daylit gallery 212, Sheela Gowda’s of all people, overlooking Projects Gallery, featuring Projects 110: Michael Armitage, The Museum of Modern Art, Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro The Caroll And Milton Petrie Terrace Sixth Floor Café (Level +6) The 3,600 square foot café provides a location for casual refreshments and dining, as well as an opportunity for site-specific art installation on the Museum’s highest floor. Furniture can be stacked or removed for special events. The indoor café can accommodate an 85-person seating capacity, while a terrace facing 53rd treet accommodates a 55-person seating capacity. Improved Circulation Features The 53rd Street entrance canopy is a thin 42’ plane weighing 95,500 pounds, which appears to slice through the glass facade and float above the main entrance doors. The canopy is comprised of steel plates and concealed ribs, suspended on steel rods. The canopy cantilevers 26’ beyond the facade of the building, out to the sidewalk to mark the main entry point for visitors. The east-west connector on the ground level lobby is an open network that seamlessly links new galleries to the renovated east side of the building. A gallery loop of distinct galleries with varying heights and layouts supports curatorial flexibility and cohesion in the display of art. These new circulation routes link new and existing galleries on the second, fourth, and fifth floors that have been expanded westward into the new David Geffen Wing and Jerry Speyer and Katherine Farley Building.  Installation View of David Geffen Wing gallery 413, Breaking the Mold, The Museum of Modern Art, Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Installation View of David Geffen Wing gallery 206, Transfigurations, The Museum of Modern Art Vertical Circulation Completed during the first phase of renovation, the historic Bauhaus stair was extended to the ground level to restore and enhance access to the second and third-floor galleries. The retail stair provides direct access into the flagship Museum store from 53rd Street. The blackened stainless steel stair was designed as an offset beam, in which structural loads are transferred at the landing. As a result, the stair provides its own built in structure. The blade stair marks the threshold to the new expansion of the museum and acts as a palette cleanser. The stair is a vibrant urban sculpture, combining a monumental physical presence with intangible structural lightness. This stair’s minimal expression was achieved through a number of structural innovations – a six-inch thin vertical spine hangs from the roof structure to structurally support the stairs and landings, leaving the structure free of any lateral bracing. The stair is constructed with bead-blast stainless steel panels with solid norther oak treads and risers. Glass balustrades on the seven-foot wide risers are cantilevered and held in place with pins to express the intersection of the two materials, a detail and dimension that echoes the renovated Bauhaus stair where the stair is embedded into the terrazzo. Bird’s-eye Maple with acoustic micro-perforations lines the blade stair atrium. The 6th floor stair connects levels five and six, distinguished from the blade stair to mark a transition between gallery floors and the café. The blackened stainless steel stair cantilevers off the atrium wall, free of any additional structural supports.  Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Photography by Brett Beyer, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro Façade The 53rd Street façade is conscious of the Museum’s architectural history in the existing Goodwin and Stone, Johnson, and Taniguchi buildings but shaped by the new demands of its adjoining spaces behind. The Studio and the Daylight Gallery share a frameless suspended glass wall with a black dot frit outer surface to delicately modulate daylight and reflection. The Studio features an additional interior glass wall with metal mesh interlayer, as the inner wall of the box-in-box, acoustically isolated construction 3’ behind to control outside sound migration and further filter daylight and view. The façade of the public spaces – the lobby, the suspended blade stair, the Street Level gallery and the retail space below – employ frameless glass panels that are structurally clamped to function as glass beams both vertically and horizontally to maximize visibility from the street to activities inside the museum. Four of the Street Level Gallery façade panels can open up to the sidewalk to facilitate loading and unloading work to the Projects Room Gallery.  Interior view of The Museum of Modern Art, Retail Stair, Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Interior view of The Museum of Modern Art, Blade Stair and Retail Stair, Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Interior view of The Museum of Modern Art, Fifth Floor Stair, Photography by Iwan Baan, Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Image Courtesy © Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Image Courtesy © Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Image Courtesy © Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Image Courtesy © Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Image Courtesy © Diller Scofidio + Renfro  Image Courtesy © Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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