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Our entry to this open international competition earned an Honorable Mention.This
new museum, located in the heart of an urban campus, and embraced by
the existing art building, unifies a range of activities, and engages
its environment while creating a haven where art and education can
thrive. Sited along the 9th Street Paseo, the museum is inserted
into a courtyard of gardens divided by patios that is a metaphor for
the Silicon Valley. The gardens depict the plains and mountains of the
silicon valley, while the pavement and low walls help to recreate the
tense relationship that exists between the infrastructures that grid the
valley, and the valley itself.The landscape is further
abstracted in the facades of the museum. The geometry of our technology
is contrasted with the more complex geometry of nature as expressed in
the stainless steel louvers that wrap the building. The alluvial
geometry of these louvers enlivens the facades and create an
ever-changing play of light and shadow. The exterior of the
museum is simplified by covering both windows and walls in this fabric
of louvers. Upon close approach, the monolithic appearance of the
louvers gives way to a glassy openness. The louvers allow views in and
out, while also providing energy conserving sun shading.
new museum, located in the heart of an urban campus, and embraced by
the existing art building, unifies a range of activities, and engages
its environment while creating a haven where art and education can
thrive. Sited along the 9th Street Paseo, the museum is inserted
into a courtyard of gardens divided by patios that is a metaphor for
the Silicon Valley. The gardens depict the plains and mountains of the
silicon valley, while the pavement and low walls help to recreate the
tense relationship that exists between the infrastructures that grid the
valley, and the valley itself.The landscape is further
abstracted in the facades of the museum. The geometry of our technology
is contrasted with the more complex geometry of nature as expressed in
the stainless steel louvers that wrap the building. The alluvial
geometry of these louvers enlivens the facades and create an
ever-changing play of light and shadow. The exterior of the
museum is simplified by covering both windows and walls in this fabric
of louvers. Upon close approach, the monolithic appearance of the
louvers gives way to a glassy openness. The louvers allow views in and
out, while also providing energy conserving sun shading.
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