로스앤젤레스 시내 그랜드 가에 위치한 Broad는 자선사업가 단체인, Eli and Edythe Broad에 의해 새롭게 지어진 현대 예술 뮤지엄이다. 박물관은 Diller Scofidio + Renfro가 디자인했고, 조만간 개장을 앞두고 있는데, 이곳은 또한 Broad Art Foundation의 2000개에 가까운 작품들이 앞으로 전시되게 될 예정이기도 하고, 이중에는 전 세계적으로도 가장 유명한 보유자산들이 포함되어 있다.
"veil-and- vault(장막과 둥근 천장)"이라는 혁신적인 컨셉으로, 12만 평방피트에, 1억4백만달러에 달하는 가치의 이 건물은 2개 층으로, 브로드 사의 광대한 수집작품을 보여주기 위한 갤러리 공간이자, Broad Art Foundation이 운영하는 도서관의 본사들이 될 예정이다. 브로드는 또한 2만4천 평방피트의 공공 프라자 시설을 박물관에 접해 건설하고 있어, 그랜드 거리에 녹색 공간의 또 다른 장소를 추가할 예정이다.
친환경 건축물 평가 시스템(LEED) 실버 등급을 목적으로 삼고 있는 브로드는, 전기 자동차 충전 구역, 자전거 주차 공간, 옥상 배수관 시설, 저장실이 Broad Art Foundation의 광범위한 대여 활동을 지원할 것이다.
"veil-and- vault(장막과 둥근 천장)"은 박물관의 디자인이 건물의 두개의 핵심 프로그램을 드러나게 하는데, 하나는 공적인 전시 공관, 또 하나는 Broad Art Foundation의 광범위한 대여 활동이다. 부가적 목적으로써의 저장이라기 보다는 "둥근 천장"을 통해 입구에서부터 박물관 경험을 쉐이핑할 수 있도록 핵심 역할을 한다. 그 묵직한 무게감은 또한 뷰를 제공하기도 한다.
둥근천장은 "장막"으로 덮여 있는데, 일종의 벌집같은 외부 구조는 한 블럭에 달하는 길이의 건물 전체를 꾸미고 있다. 박물관의 "장막"은 모퉁이에서부터 방문객들을 환영하며 활동적인 로비에 이르기까지 연결된다. 갤러리는 23피트 높이의 천장을 가지고 있으며 지붕은 7피트 깊이의 강철 대들보의 지탱을 받고 있다.
The Broad is a new contemporary art museum built by philanthropists Eli and Edythe Broad on Grand Avenue in downtown Los Angeles. The museum, which was designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro, will soon be open. The museum will be home to the nearly 2,000 works of art in The Broad Art Foundation and the Broads’ personal collections, which are among the most prominent holdings of postwar and contemporary art worldwide. With its innovative “veil-and- vault” concept, the 120,000-square-foot, $140-million building will feature two floors of gallery space to showcase The Broad’s comprehensive collections and will be the headquarters of The Broad Art Foundation’s worldwide lending library. The Broad is also building a 24,000-square-foot public plaza adjacent to the museum to add another parcel of critical green space to Grand Avenue.
- Architects: Diller Scofidio + Renfro
- Location: 221 South Grand Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90012, USA
- Executive Architects: Gensler
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro Team: Elizabeth Diller, Principal-in-Charge; Ricardo Scofidio and Charles Renfro, Principal Designers; Kevin Rice, Project Director; Team: Kumar Atre, Oskar Arnorsson, Ryan Botts, John Chow, Gerardo Ciprian, Robert Condon, Zachary Cooley, Charles Curran, Robert Donnelly, Eliza Higgins, Christopher Hillyard, Michael Hundsnurscher, Matthew Johnson, Robert Loken, Nkiru Mokwe, William Ngo, Matthew Ostrow, Haruka Saito, Daniel Sakai, Andrea Schelly, Anne-Rachel Schiffmann, Zoe Small, Quang Truong
- Gensler Team: Rob Jernigan, Principal-in-Charge; David Pakshong, Project Director; Wendi Gilbert, Project Architect; Team: Brianna Seabron, Nora Gordon, Greg Kromhout, Yasushi Ishida, Arpy Hatzikian, Marty Borko, Philippe Pare, Robyn Bisbee, Melanie McArtor, Patrice Hironimus, Valentin Lieu, Yupil Chon, Brenda Wentworth, Jae Rodriguez, Robert Garlipp, Jay Hardin, Alexis Denis, Ricardo Moura, Lauren Gropper, Steven Hergert, Pavlina Williams, Evangelique Zhao
- Area: 120000.0 ft2
- Project Year: 2015
- Photographs: Benny Chan, Iwan Baan, Jeff Duran - Warren Air
- Construction: MATT Construction, Santa Fe Springs, Calif.
- Structural Engineering: Nabih Youssef & Associates, Los Angeles, Calif. + Leslie E. Robertson Associates, R.L.L.P., New York, N.Y.
- Civil Engineering: KPFF Consulting Engineers, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Mechanical, Electrical, Plumbing, Fire Life-Safety and Gallery: ARUP, Los Angeles, Calif.
- Lighting Engineers (Galleries): ARUP, London, U.K.
- Lighting Design: Tillotson Design, New York, N.Y.
- Vertical Transportation: Lerch Bates, La Crescenta, Calif.
- Collection Storage: Solomon + Bauer, Watertown, Mass.
- Leadership: Eli and Edythe Broad, Founders + Joanne Heyler, Founding Director
- Total Cost: $140 million
LEED
The Broad targets LEED Silver certification. With its electric car charging stations, bike parking spaces, rooftop drains routed to street level gardens that filter runoff, high-efficiency plumbing fixtures that help reduce water use by 40 percent, and its easy access to public transit including adjacency to the new Metro Regional Connector station at the corner of 2nd Street and Hope Street, The Broad aims to be in the top tier of eco-conscious and efficient museums.
PRINCIPAL FEATURES
Dubbed “the veil and the vault,” the museum’s design merges the two key programs of the building: public exhibition space and the storage that will support The Broad Art Foundation’s extensive lending activities. Rather than relegate the storage to secondary status, “the vault” plays a key role in shaping the museum experience from entry to exit. Its heavy opaque mass is always in view, hovering midway in the building. Its carved underside shapes the lobby below and public circulation routes. Its top surface is the floor of the third floor galleries.
The vault is enveloped by the “veil,” a porous, honeycomb-like, exterior structure that spans across the block-long building and provides filtered natural daylight. The museum’s “veil” lifts at the corners, welcoming visitors into an active lobby. The public is then drawn upwards via escalator, tunneling through the vault, arriving onto nearly an acre of column-free gallery space bathed in diffuse light. The gallery has 23- foot-high ceilings, and the roof is supported by 7-foot-deep steel girders. Departure from the third floor gallery space is a return trip through the vault via a winding central stair that offers glimpses into the vast holdings of the collection.
PUBLIC PLAZA, RESTAURANT AND GRAND AVENUE STREETSCAPE
Public amenities associated with The Broad include an adjacent 24,000-square-foot public plaza, a new restaurant being developed by restaurateur Bill Chait, a new mid-block traffic signal and crosswalk connecting The Broad and public plaza with MOCA and the Colburn School and additional streetscape improvements. The plaza’s bosque of 100-year-old Barouni olive trees and grass create public space for picnics, outdoor films, performances and educational events. Pedestrians will use wide stairs and an elevator at the Hope Street end of the plaza to access Hope Street and the planned 2nd and Hope Street Metro Regional Connector station.
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