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Wyckoff House Museum
The
Wyckoff House Museum in Brooklyn (c.1650)
is the site of New York State’s oldest house, and the first landmark designated
by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1968. As part of the New York City
Department of Parks & Recreation's Design Excellence Program, in 2011 nARCHITECTS
was awarded the commission to design a new Cultural Education building and
landscape for its one-acre site. The newly defined Museum will communicate the
Dutch experience in Brooklyn and its roots in the founding of America.
Conceived
as a portal between its present-day environment and historical site, the new
building will act as a buffer to a noisy and heterogeneous context, guiding
visitors into a covered area with a strong visual connection to the House. In
addition to providing access to public programs and administration, the portal
will also shelter a variety of outdoor programs, housed in two separate volumes
that bring to mind the farm buildings previously on the site.
In
a direct reference to a china cabinet in the House - in which an orange
interior is revealed behind a dark exterior - the building’s dark zinc cladding
is contrasted by the portal’s bright and thematically colored interior, clad in
an orange glazed terracotta rainscreen. The galvalume roof has been designed as
a rain collector, without gutters or downspouts: roof runoff will be channeled
to an exterior "rain chase," an invention to simplify maintenance and
provide a didactic spectacle for visitors, as rainwater is directed to a
bioswale and detention tanks below grade.
The
landscape design with Nancy Owens Studio provides a direct view of the House,
yet allows its experience to unfold from different angles along an indirect
path. Native and historical plantings are woven into a simple and sparse
landscape, while many features and spaces heighten the experience of the small
one-acre site. The building is on track to receive a LEED Silver rating at
minimum, and is expected to break ground in late 2013.
Wyckoff House Museum in Brooklyn (c.1650)
is the site of New York State’s oldest house, and the first landmark designated
by the Landmarks Preservation Commission in 1968. As part of the New York City
Department of Parks & Recreation's Design Excellence Program, in 2011 nARCHITECTS
was awarded the commission to design a new Cultural Education building and
landscape for its one-acre site. The newly defined Museum will communicate the
Dutch experience in Brooklyn and its roots in the founding of America.
Conceived
as a portal between its present-day environment and historical site, the new
building will act as a buffer to a noisy and heterogeneous context, guiding
visitors into a covered area with a strong visual connection to the House. In
addition to providing access to public programs and administration, the portal
will also shelter a variety of outdoor programs, housed in two separate volumes
that bring to mind the farm buildings previously on the site.
In
a direct reference to a china cabinet in the House - in which an orange
interior is revealed behind a dark exterior - the building’s dark zinc cladding
is contrasted by the portal’s bright and thematically colored interior, clad in
an orange glazed terracotta rainscreen. The galvalume roof has been designed as
a rain collector, without gutters or downspouts: roof runoff will be channeled
to an exterior "rain chase," an invention to simplify maintenance and
provide a didactic spectacle for visitors, as rainwater is directed to a
bioswale and detention tanks below grade.
The
landscape design with Nancy Owens Studio provides a direct view of the House,
yet allows its experience to unfold from different angles along an indirect
path. Native and historical plantings are woven into a simple and sparse
landscape, while many features and spaces heighten the experience of the small
one-acre site. The building is on track to receive a LEED Silver rating at
minimum, and is expected to break ground in late 2013.
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