Construction for new Statue of Liberty Museum progresses, opening date for May 2019
29/08/2018.
[Liberty Island, New York Harbor] USA
metalocus, ANDREA GONZÁLEZ
metalocus, ANDREA GONZÁLEZ
The new Statue of Liberty Museum continues to shape up ahead of schedule and is currently expected to open in May 2019.
Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative. Photograph by Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative. Photograph by Diane Bondareff/AP Images for Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
Sketch. Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative.
Museum floor plan. Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative.
Roof plan. Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative.
Section. Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative.
Ground floor plan. Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative.
Rendering. Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative.
Rendering. Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative.
Rendering. Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative.
Rendering. Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative.
Rendering. Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative.
Rendering. Statue of Liberty Museum by FXCollaborative.
With FXCollaborative as architect and ESI Design in charge of exhibition design, the new museum will be accessible to more of the Statue of Liberty's estimated 4.3 million visitors annually. Last month, the Statue of Liberty Museum-Ellis Island Foundation launched a fundraising campaign that would help the construction of the new 2416 square-meter space reach completion.
The museum's defining gesture is the lifting of the park itself, which creates a new, naturalized habitat in place of a traditional building.
While the Statue of Liberty remains New York's most iconic monument, the museum housed in its base had long proved inadequate for the thousands who visit each day. The new Statue of Liberty Museum, envisioned as an extension of the island's landscape in Liberty Park, will be accessible to millions of new visitors without restrictive security clearances. Its angular forms and spaces are shaped by expansive views and the irregularity of the water's edge. Materials native to the Island and used in the original construction of the Statue of Liberty and Fort Wood, including granite, bronze, plaster, and a variety of native vegetation, enrich the interior and exterior spaces. The biggest addition to Liberty Island since the Statue itself, the museum will help convey the history and inspiring message of Lady Liberty to a new generation of visitors.
While the Statue of Liberty remains New York's most iconic monument, the museum housed in its base had long proved inadequate for the thousands who visit each day. The new Statue of Liberty Museum, envisioned as an extension of the island's landscape in Liberty Park, will be accessible to millions of new visitors without restrictive security clearances. Its angular forms and spaces are shaped by expansive views and the irregularity of the water's edge. Materials native to the Island and used in the original construction of the Statue of Liberty and Fort Wood, including granite, bronze, plaster, and a variety of native vegetation, enrich the interior and exterior spaces. The biggest addition to Liberty Island since the Statue itself, the museum will help convey the history and inspiring message of Lady Liberty to a new generation of visitors.
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Architects
With FXCollaborative as architect and ESI Design in charge of exhibition design
Client
Statue of Liberty-Ellis Island Foundation
Area
26,000 GSF / 2,415 GSM
Dates
Completed.- May 2019
Studio FXCollaborative
FXCollaborative is practice based in New York. FXCollaborative’s work ranges from the scale of individual buildings and interiors—office towers, multi-family residences, cultural facilities, workplace, K-12 and higher-education institutions—to the city as a whole, addressing infrastructure and transportation.
They leverage broad expertise in architecture, interiors and planning to enrich their world with responsible, intelligent, and beautiful design.
Humanity is at a decisive point in its relationship with the natural world, and we must cease to build and dwell in ways that degrade the health of the planet, and ourselves. As leaders in green building, we are proud to create and advance sustainable, ecologically responsible environments.
They leverage broad expertise in architecture, interiors and planning to enrich their world with responsible, intelligent, and beautiful design.
Humanity is at a decisive point in its relationship with the natural world, and we must cease to build and dwell in ways that degrade the health of the planet, and ourselves. As leaders in green building, we are proud to create and advance sustainable, ecologically responsible environments.
