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Dia Beacon
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Dia Beacon
The Dia Beacon project begins with a Nabisco box printing factory built
in 1929. In 1999, the Dia Center for the Arts was searching for a home
for their permanent collection and found this 292,000 sf then abandoned
structure in the Husdon Valley. The factory was transformed into a
series of galleries for the Dia's permanent collection by stripping
back the building’s interiors, cutting the building to create new
ceiling elevations, developing vertical circulation points, and adding
new doors and windows. Open Office collaborated with Robert Irwin on
the master plan of the building and design of the gardens and entry
building. The factory building was a collection of 5 contiguous
buildings and a basement that were originally used for the purposes of
offices, cutting, creasing, printing, shipping, and storing. The space
was transformed into 4 buildings naturally lit for painting and
sculpture, an extensive subterranean media gallery, a bookstore, a cafe
with offices above, and several building integrated artworks.
Pre-existing sawtooth skylights and monitors were restored and
augmented by adding a new white reflective roof to increase the amount
of light in the building.
Specific spaces were crafted for works in the collection including
large scale sculptures by Michael Heizer and Richard Serra that are
permanently installed in the building. The project involved close
collaboration with these artists in the siting of the works and gallery
design.
collaboration with Robert Irwin
in 1929. In 1999, the Dia Center for the Arts was searching for a home
for their permanent collection and found this 292,000 sf then abandoned
structure in the Husdon Valley. The factory was transformed into a
series of galleries for the Dia's permanent collection by stripping
back the building’s interiors, cutting the building to create new
ceiling elevations, developing vertical circulation points, and adding
new doors and windows. Open Office collaborated with Robert Irwin on
the master plan of the building and design of the gardens and entry
building. The factory building was a collection of 5 contiguous
buildings and a basement that were originally used for the purposes of
offices, cutting, creasing, printing, shipping, and storing. The space
was transformed into 4 buildings naturally lit for painting and
sculpture, an extensive subterranean media gallery, a bookstore, a cafe
with offices above, and several building integrated artworks.
Pre-existing sawtooth skylights and monitors were restored and
augmented by adding a new white reflective roof to increase the amount
of light in the building.
Specific spaces were crafted for works in the collection including
large scale sculptures by Michael Heizer and Richard Serra that are
permanently installed in the building. The project involved close
collaboration with these artists in the siting of the works and gallery
design.
collaboration with Robert Irwin
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