Nelson Atkins 博物馆

This competition winning addition of ‘The Nelson Atkins Museum of Art ‘ is composed of five interconnected structures as opposed to a single massive expansion. Traversing from the existing building across its sculpture park, the five built “lenses” form new spaces and angles of vision.

From the movement through the landscape and threaded between the light openings, exhilarating new experiences of the existing Museum will be formed. Circulation and exhibition merge as one can look from one level to another, from inside to outside.

The “meandering” path in the sculpture garden above has its sinuous compliment in open flow through the continuous level of new galleries. Glass lenses bring different qualities of light to the galleries while the sculpture garden‘s pathways wind through them.

Project Info :

Architects : Steven Holl, Chris McVoy (design architect), Chris McVoy (partner in charge), Martin Cox, Richard Tobias (project architect), Masao Akiyoshi, Gabriela Barman-Kraemer, Matthias Blass, Molly Blieden, Elissavet Chryssochoides, Robert, Edmonds, Simone Giostra, Annette Goderbauer, Mimi Hoang, Makram El-Kadi, Edward Lalonde, Li Hu, Justin Korhammer, Linda Lee, Fabian Llonch, Stephen O’Dell, Irene Vogt, Urs Vogt, Christian Wassmann (project team) Project Year : 2007 Artist : Walter De Maria Project Area : 15329.0 m2 Manufacturers : Bendheim Budget : US $200,000,000 Local Architect : BNIM Architects Project Location : Kansas City, MO, USA Lighting Consultant : Renfro Design Group Glass Consultant : R.A. Heintges & Associates Structural Engineer : Guy Nordenson and Associates Landscape Architect : Gould Evans Goodman Associates Mechanical Engineer : Ove Arup & Partners / W.L. Cassell & Associates

DAVID EULITT/The Kansas City Star–02012006–NELSON LENSES–Greg Sheldon, senior project architect with BNIM Architects, felt the smooth illuminated glass panels on lens #4 over the new underground galleries under construction in the east lawn of the Nelson during a nighttime lighting test of the lenses. The expansion of the museum, which will add 71% more exhibition space, is scheduled to open in 2007. The 5 lenses were lit on Wednesday evening to conduct lighting tests for evenness and intensity on the lenses.