The New Museum Essay

How much architecture should be included in a museum? That is a question that not many visitors ask about a museum, however as an architect or designer it is a fundamental question to ask one’s self when it comes to describing a museum. It can become a debate, deciding whether the museum should or should not be a simple massing where art is displayed. If the answer is it should, then why not just design a white box where all the attention goes into the art on the inside? When it comes to museums, we think of a place where we can look back in time and experience the art that was once created by an amazing artist. If a museum is where fantastic artwork is located, then why not allow the architecture of that building to express its artistic side as well? The structure of a building may strike curiosity therefore, attracts more people and thus creates more attention towards the building. Museums have been around for many years, but around 1990 is when architecture started playing a …show more content…
The form of the building is white rectangular boxes on top of each other, but the first story is unique, the form allows the function and form to connect in a unique way by allowing the building to connect to the street. An all glass wall allows the lobby to reveal a seamlessly unified connection to its sidewalk floor. The usage of the same materials and color patterns for the floor is how the connection is established. Thus, the New Museum’s gray concrete allows the flow to be continuous from the lobby to the outside sidewalk. In addition, this affects the function of the building for the reason that it connects two different functions. It allows people to see the function in the building without having to go inside “Through this clear membrane, visitors see all of various functions of the lobby level, a transitional space between the life of the street and that of the