Milwaukee Art Museum Quadrraci Pavilion by Santiago Calatrava: European Design Since 1985
Geschreven op 20-9-2010 - Erik van Erne. Geplaatst in Agenda, Bouwen-Klussen, Design
The Milwaukee Art Museum commissioned Santiago Calatrava to design a 58,000 square foot addition to the Museum.
The expansion provides a 30 percent increase in overall gallery space, from 90,000 to 117,000 square feet. Signature elements of the Calatrava design include the Reiman Bridge, a 250 foot long suspended pedestrian bridge that links downtown Milwaukee directly to the lakefront and the Milwauke Art Museum.
The bridge features a distinctive 200 foot angled mast with cables that reflects Calatrava’s unique experience in bridge design throughout Europe.
The Museum’s main entrance leads into a parabolic-shaped, glass enclosed reception hall with a 90 foot ceiling.
The Burke Brise Soleil, the movable, wing-like sun screen comprised of 72 steel fins, rests on top of the glass-enclosed reception hall and is raised and lowered to control both temperature and light in the structure. With fins ranging in length from 26 feet to 105 feet, the Brise Soleil wingspan spreads 217 feet at its widest point, wider than a Boeing 747-400 airplane, and weights 90 tons. Source: Arc Space See Time Lapse: Milwaukee Art Museum The Burke Brise Soleil
Exhibition: European Design Since 1985: Shaping the New Century October 9, 2010–January 9, 2011
Objects surround us. They help us cook, rest, organize, clean, and more. Through thoughtful design, these items also have the power to inspire, please, and confound. Explore more than 200 quintessential contemporary objects that blur the line between fine art, craft, and design, and celebrate the technical innovations and artistic creativity of their designers.
