Completing the Yale University Art Gallery Expansion
10/12/2012.
By Ennead Architects [New Haven - Connecticut] USA 12/12/2012
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On 12 December, 2012, The Yale University Art Gallery, in New Haven, Connecticut, has completed major work on renovation and expansion. The expansion project, which has been accompanied by parallel growth will pull back the final curtain on a project 18 years. The Yale University Art Gallery has been led by Duncan Hazard and Richard Olcott, partners in the New York City-based Ennead Architects.
Yale University Art Gallery (left to right: Louis Kahn building, the Old Yale Art Gallery building, Street Hall). Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects. Photography © Christopher Gardner.
Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects. Photography © Christopher Gardner.
Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects. Photography © Christopher Gardner
Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects. Photography © © Elizabeth Felicella.
Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects. Photography © © Elizabeth Felicella.
Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects. Photography © Christopher Gardner
Diagrama. Ampliación de la Yale University Art Gallery por Ennead Architects.
Roof Plan. Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects.
Elevation drawing. Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects.
The restored Yellin Gates. Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects. Photography © Christopher Gardner.
Featured here are Henry Moore's Draped Seated Woman (1957–58) and Aristide Maillol's L'air (1938; cast after 1944). Photography © Christopher Gardner.
Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects. Photography © Christopher Gardner.
Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects. Photography © Christopher Gardner.
Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects. Photography © Christopher Gardner.
The Reinstalled Sculpture Hall. Photography © Christopher Gardner.
Yale University Art Gallery Expansion by Ennead Architects. Photography © Christopher Gardner.
With a budget of $135 million the project has increased the space occupied by the museum - the 1953 structure designed by Louis Kahn and approximately half of the 1928 "Old Yale Art Gallery", designed by Egerton Swartwout-. The project has united the three buildings into a cohesive whole while maintaining the distinctive architectural identity of each.
The Gallery now contains 69,975 square feet of exhibition space, compared to 40,266 square feet prior to the expansion, and occupies the length of one-and-a-half city blocks. With new areas for exhibitions and object study, combined with a comprehensive plan for public and educational programming, the expansion enables vastly increased access to the Gallery’s encyclopedic collections.
Planning for the renovation of the Gallery began in 1998, and the first phase of construction—restoration of the landmark Kahn building—commenced in 2003. Completed in December 2006, this returned the building, which is widely considered to be the architect’s first masterpiece, to its original purity and integrity, while introducing up-to-date building systems.
Architects: Ennead Architects
Location: New Haven, Connecticut, USA
Project Year: 2012
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Ennead Architects, a 190-person firm based in New York City and Shanghai, is also known for several exclusive projects, including the Pink Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History, the Shanghai Planetarium, Standard Hotel on the High Line, the Presidential Library, a year-long relationship with Carnegie Hall and a variety of central, commercial and corporate office projects in the United States and Asia.
his works range from museums and craft centers, environments of use, research centers and teaching for institutions, commercial media and higher education clients.
Its capabilities include: new construction, renovation and expansion, historic preservation, interior design and master planning projects.
his works range from museums and craft centers, environments of use, research centers and teaching for institutions, commercial media and higher education clients.
Its capabilities include: new construction, renovation and expansion, historic preservation, interior design and master planning projects.
