The Aspen Art Museum is the first U.S. museum project by Pritzker Prize Laureate, Shigeru Ban. Ban’s vision for the new AAM is based on transparency and open view planes - inviting those outside to engage with the building’s interior, and providing those inside the opportunity to see their exterior surroundings.
The museum’s key design features include: the Grand Stair, the Moving Glass Room Elevator, the Woven Wood Screen, the Wood Roof Structure and the Walkable Skylights. The woven wood exterior screen is made of a leading edge composite material that is an amalgam of paper and resin encased within a dual-sided wood veneer.
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