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Lightcatcher at the Whatcom Museum
Lightcatcher at the Whatcom Museum
250, Flora Street, Bellingham, WA, United States
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Lightcatcher at the Whatcom Museum
250, Flora Street, Bellingham, WA, United States
The basic concept for this new $12.8 million museum is that of a
museum turned inside out—to make the building as active on the outside as it will be on the inside. An iconic 36-foot-tall, 180-foot-long translucent wall, the Lightcatcher, is conceived as the focal point and backdrop to a central courtyard that will become a new gathering place for the city. The exterior of the museum will be an invitation to engage in art and will allow pedestrians walking by to view the art and activity within.
The building is 42,000 square feet. It is LEED registered and designed to LEED Silver level. Sustainable features include a green roof above the lobby, a rainwater harvesting system, pervious paving, double-skin curtain wall glazing at the lightcatcher
wall, and natural ventilation in the public gathering spaces not
housing art.
museum turned inside out—to make the building as active on the outside as it will be on the inside. An iconic 36-foot-tall, 180-foot-long translucent wall, the Lightcatcher, is conceived as the focal point and backdrop to a central courtyard that will become a new gathering place for the city. The exterior of the museum will be an invitation to engage in art and will allow pedestrians walking by to view the art and activity within.
The building is 42,000 square feet. It is LEED registered and designed to LEED Silver level. Sustainable features include a green roof above the lobby, a rainwater harvesting system, pervious paving, double-skin curtain wall glazing at the lightcatcher
wall, and natural ventilation in the public gathering spaces not
housing art.
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