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 Steven Holl Architects

THE NELSON-ATKINS MUSEUM OF ART

Kansas City, MO, United States. 2007

Description +

PROGRAM: museum addition and renovation

CLIENT: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art

SIZE: 165,000 sq ft

STATUS: complete

This competition winning addition is composed of five interconnected structures as opposed to a single massive expansion. Traversing from the existing building across its sculpture park, the five built “lenses” form new spaces and angles of vision. From the movement through the landscape and threaded between the light openings, exhilarating new experiences of the existing Museum are formed. Circulation and exhibition merge as one can look from one level to another, from inside to outside. The “meandering” path in the sculpture garden above has its sinuous complement in open flow through the continuous level of new galleries. Glass lenses bring different qualities of light to the galleries while the sculpture garden’s pathways wind through them.

Ecological Innovation +

All materials zero or low-VOC emittance
Terrazzo floor specified with recycled glass aggregate
Gallery floors comprised of FSC-certified wood
Local, precast and cast-in-place concrete constitutes more than 30% overall building material
Existing central plant refitted with new energy efficient equipment
Lens pressurized air cavities conditioned with building’s exhaust air
Lens constructed of a double skin glass assembly with Okalux translucent insulation to provide 75% natural light to all spaces while minimizing heat gain in the summer

Credits +

  • architect

    - Steven Holl Architects

    Steven Holl (design architect)

    Chris McVoy (design architect, partner in charge)

    Martin Cox, Richard Tobias (project architect)

    Masao Akiyoshi, Gabriela Barman-Kraemer, Matthias Blass, Molly Blieden, Elissavet Chryssochoides, Robert Edmonds, Simone Giostra, Annette Goderbauer, Mimi Hoang, Makram El-Kadi, Edward Lalonde, Li Hu, Justin Korhammer, Linda Lee, Fabian Llonch, Stephen O'Dell, Irene Vogt, Urs Vogt, Christian Wassmann (project team)

  • local architect

    - BNIM Architects

  • structural engineer

    - Guy Nordenson and Associates

  • associate structural engineer

    - Structural Engineering Associates

  • mechanical engineer

    - Ove Arup & Partners

    - W.L. Cassell & Associates

  • glass consultant

    - R.A. Heintges & Associates

  • lighting consultant

    - Renfro Design Group

  • landscape architect

    - Gould Evans Goodman Associates

  • artist

    - Walter De Maria

News +

Awards +

  • 2014 2014 MCHAP FINALIST
  • 2009 WAN CIVIC SECTOR BUILDING OF THE YEAR, SHORTLIST
  • 2008 AIA INSTITUTE HONOR AWARD
  • 2008 AIA NEW YORK CHAPTER ARCHITECTURE HONOR AWARD
  • 2008 CAPSTONE ARCHITECTURAL DESIGN AWARD
  • 2007 AIA CENTRAL STATES ARCHITECTURE AWARD
  • 2007 LEAF NEW BUILT AWARD
  • 2004 The International Parking Institute, Award of Excellence for Best Design of a Parking Facility with Fewer than 800 Spaces
  • 2000 Progressive Architecture Award
  • 1999 AIA NEW YORK CHAPTER PROJECT AWARD
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