Glass tubes and curvy roofs identify the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects
18/11/2020.
[Houston] USA
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The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston will open its Nancy and Rich Kinder Building, designed by Steven Holl Architects, to the public Saturday, November 21.
Dedicated to the collections of modern and contemporary art, the Kinder Building – which forms part of a major campus redesign for Museum of Fine Arts Houston– is characterized by porosity, opening the ground floor at all elevations.
Dedicated to the collections of modern and contemporary art, the Kinder Building – which forms part of a major campus redesign for Museum of Fine Arts Houston– is characterized by porosity, opening the ground floor at all elevations.
West facade. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Peter Molick
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Peter Molick
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Peter Molick
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Peter Molick
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Peter Molick
Third-floor atrium. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Peter Molick
Street-level gallery with works by Jean Tinguely. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Latin American department galleries. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Installation view of Carlos Cruz-Diez’s Cromosaturación MFAH, Paris 1965 / Houston 2017. Photograph by Thomas Dubrock. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Installation view of Ólafur Elíasson’s Sometimes an underground movement is an illuminated bridge tunnel, 2020. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Lynn Wyatt Theater. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Installation view of Trenton Doyle Hancock’s Color Flash for Chat and Chew, Paris Texas in Seventy-Two, 2019–2020. Photograph by Thomas Dubrock. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
East facade. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Sculpture garden. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
North facade. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Bird's eye view of the new Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects. Photography by Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston
Sketch. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects.
Sketch. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects.
Ground floor plan. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects.
Floor plan. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects.
Roof plan. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects.
Section. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects.
Section. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects.
Elevations. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects.
Sketch. The Nancy and Rich Kinder Building by Steven Holl Architects.
Architecture firm Steven Holl designed seven gardens slicing the perimeter, marking points of entry. The largest garden court, at the corner of Bissonnet and Main Street, marks a central entry point on the new Museum.
"Concave curves, imagined from cloud circles, push down on the roof geometry, allowing natural light to slip in with precise measure and quality, perfect for top-lit galleries."
Steven Holl designed the building skin with translucent glass tubes meet with curvy roofs "imagined from cloud circles". This creates gaps for natural light to enter into the galleries inside the 15,200-square-metre (164,000-square-foot) building.
"When standing in the new entrance lobby of the Kinder Building, one can see gardens and lush Houston vegetation in four directions and feel the inviting energy of a new sense of openness to the community."
Descripción del proyecto por Steven Holl
El cielo de Texas se abre 180 ° por encima de un dosel luminoso que cubre el nuevo edificio. Las curvas cóncavas, imaginadas a partir de círculos de nubes, empujan hacia abajo la geometría del techo, lo que permite que la luz natural se cuele con medida y calidad precisas, perfectas para galerías con iluminación superior. Organizadas horizontalmente en dos niveles, todas las galerías tienen luz natural y son flexibles con flujo abierto. La parte inferior del techo curvo se convierte en reflectores de luz, captando y deslizando la luz a través de cada experiencia de galería distinta. Estas láminas curvas de luz dan forma a los espacios de la galería de una manera única relacionada con las cualidades orgánicas de la exuberante vegetación y el agua que caracterizan el nuevo campus. Más que mecánica y repetitiva, la luz fluye, haciéndose eco del movimiento a través de las galerías.
El flujo abierto a través de las galerías está marcado por vistas a los siete jardines con enrejados verdes que ofrecen sombra del deslumbramiento. Las galerías se centran en un foro abierto. El atrio de la galería central proporciona espacios generosos para la exhibición de arte y la circulación vertical hacia los pisos superiores.
El edificio Kinder de 237,000 pies cuadrados agrega una arquitectura horizontal en vidrio translúcido a la colección del museo de edificios de piedra (1924), acero y vidrio (1958, 1974) y piedra (2000). Su innovadora fachada de tubos de vidrio tiene una textura suave similar al alabastro. Los tubos de vidrio de 30 pulgadas se abren en la parte superior e inferior, proporcionando una "chaqueta fría" que reduce la ganancia solar en un 70% en las fachadas a través del efecto chimenea de la circulación del aire. Por la noche, la brillante fachada translúcida se refleja en los jardines acuáticos y ofrece una invitación abierta para entrar al museo.
El edificio Kinder completa el plan maestro del Museo de Bellas Artes de Houston. Steven Holl Architects lideró el equipo multidisciplinario para la expansión, dando forma a una experiencia integral con nuevos paisajes y plazas públicas. En el centro de Houston, el nuevo plan maestro une elementos históricos adyacentes, incluida una iglesia histórica de 1924, un edificio de Mies van der Rohe y un jardín de esculturas Isamu Noguchi.
Escuela de Arte Glassell
Como parte del plan maestro, Steven Holl Architects completó la nueva Escuela de Arte Glassell de 93,000 pies cuadrados en 2018. Ubicada junto al edificio Kinder, la escuela en forma de L crea una experiencia integral en el campus, definiendo la Brown Foundation Plaza que se extiende el espacio del Jardín de Esculturas Cullen de Noguchi. El exterior de hormigón estructural plano prefabricado comienza con el ángulo del plano inclinado del techo y da carácter a los espacios interiores del edificio. Los planos se alternan con grandes paneles translúcidos para proporcionar luz difusa a los estudios de arte dentro del edificio.
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Architects
Steven Holl Architects. Steven Holl, Chris McVoy, Olaf Schmidt, Filipe Taboada.
Project team
Rychiee Espinosa, Yiqing Zhao, Lourenzo Amaro de Oliveira, Garrick Ambrose, Xi Chen, Carolina Cohen Freue, JongSeo Lee, Vahe Markosian, Elise Riley, Christopher Rotman, Yun Shi, Alfonso Simelio, Dimitra Tsachrelia, Yasmin Vobis.
Collaborators
Associate architects.- Kendall/Heaton Associates.
Project manager.- Legends.
Structural engineers.- Guy Nordenson & Associates Cardno.
MEP engineer.- ICOR Associates.
Climate engineers.- Transsolar.
Lighting consultant.- L'Observatoire International.
Cost estimator.- Venue Cost Consultants.
Facade consultant.- Knippers Helbig.
Dates
January 2012, Steven Holl Architects selected to design MFAH master planand the Nancy and Rich Kinder Building. June 2017, Groundbreaking. March 2019, Topping Out. November 21, 2020, Opening Day.
Location
5500 Main Street,Houston, TX 77004. USA.
TheKinder Building is atthe center of the Susan and Fayez S. Sarofim Campus, just north of the two existingMFAHgallery buildings (the CarolineWiess Law Buildingand the Audrey Jones Beck Building) and immediately east of the Cullen Sculpture Garden.
Photography
Richard Barnes, courtesy of the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.
STEVEN HOLL
Steven Holl was born in 1947 in Bremerton, Washington. He graduated from the University of Washington and pursued architecture studies in Rome in 1970. In 1976 he attended the Architectural Association in London and established STEVEN HOLL ARCHITECTS in New York City. Considered one of America's most important architects.He has realized cultural, civic, academic and residential projects both in the United States and internationally. Most recently completed are the Cité de l'Océan et du Surf in Biarritz, France (2011).
Steven Holl is a tenured Professor at Columbia University's Graduate School of Architecture and Planning. He has lectured and exhibited widely and has published numerous texts.
Recently the office has won a number of international design competitions including the new design for the Contemporary Art Institute at Virginia Commonwealth University (Richmond, USA) and he has been recognized with architecture's most prestigious awards and prizes. Recently, he received the RIBA 2010 Jencks Award, and the first ever Arts Award of the BBVA Foundation Frontiers of Knowledge Awards (2009). In 2006 Steven Holl received honorary degrees from Seattle University and Moholy-Nagy University in Budapest. In 2003 he was named Honorary Fellow of the Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA).
Steven Holl is a member of the American National Council of Architectural Registration Boards (NCARB), the American Institute of Architects, the American Association of Museums, the Honorary Whitney Circle, the Whitney Museum of American Art; and the International Honorary Committee, Vilpuri Library, of the Alvar Aalto Foundation.
