Milwaukee Art Museum

In 1994, the administrators of the Milwaukee Art Museum set out to create a " majestic new entrance, a point of orientation for visitors and a redefinition of the Museum's identity through the creation of a powerful image." Up to that time, there were two buildings that made up the Milwaukee Art Museum, one, the main building that had been designed by Eeron Saarinen in 1957 in homage to the victims of the war, also another addition that was projected by the architect David Kahler in 1975 by means of a block-shaped module. Both buildings were located between the Lincoln Memorial and the lake, but there was the disadvantage that the Museum could only be accessed through the entrance of the main building designed by Saarinen, and the extension projected by David Kahler was very low on the floors inferiors, without any interconnection with the city. …show more content…
Santiago Calatrava, who won the contest with his beautiful design inspired by the anthropomorphic figure of a bird, created a striking entrance hall 27 meters high steel and glass covered by a mobile brise-soleil that raises its wings twice to the day to welcome visitors. The important extension of Calatrava "responds to the culture of the lake: the sailboats, the climate, the sense of movement and change". The new spaces designed by Santiago Calatrava that would expand the museum were focused on creating public spaces, a reception room, an auditorium, cafeteria, shop, and parking; In addition, of the 7,500 m² of which the new extension would be available, the architect allocated 1,500 m² to spaces for temporary