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The Whitney Museum is building itself a new home in downtown
Manhattan's Meatpacking District. Due to open on May 1st, 2015, the
project will substantially enlarge the Whitney's exhibition and
programming space. Clad in pale blue- grey enamel steel panels, the
new, eight-storey building is powerfully asymmetrical, with the
bulk of the full-height museum to the west, Hudson-side, with tiers
of lighter terraces and glazed walkways stepping down to the High
Line, embracing it into the project. The Museum is entered via a
dramatically cantilevered plaza, or "largo", a public space that
serves as a kind of decompression chamber between street and
museum, a shared space, with views to the Hudson and the High Line
entrance just a few steps away. Accessed from the "largo", the main
entrance lobby also serves as a public gallery - nearly a thousand
square feet (100 sq. Meters) of free-entry exhibition space.Level
three houses a 170-retractible seat theatre with double-height
views over the Hudson River, along with technical spaces and
offices. Some 4 650 sq. Meters of gallery space is distributed over
levels five, six, seven and eight, the fifth level boasting a 1670
sq. Meters, column-free gallery - making it the largest open-plan
museum gallery in New York City. A text at the end of the book
provides the reader with a "behind the scene" view. A conception of
the museum that starts from the work of art to arrive at the
architectural project. A journey that takes the reader through time
and space during its realisation.
General
Imprint: |
Fondazione Renzo Piano
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Country of origin: |
Italy |
Release date: |
May 2015 |
Editors: |
Renzo Piano
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Dimensions: |
280 x 280 x 17mm (L x W x T) |
Format: |
Paperback
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Pages: |
196 |
ISBN-13: |
978-88-626-4009-1 |
Categories: |
Books >
Arts & Architecture >
Architecture >
General
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LSN: |
88-626-4009-9 |
Barcode: |
9788862640091 |
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