The Whitney Museum of American Art
New York, USA
In 2004 and 2005, Carlos Araya collaborated with Renzo Piano, M.Carroll and E.Trezzani (partners in charge), and Shunji Ishida in part of the design process of the New Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City. The Whitney Museum has built itself a new home in downtown Manhattan’s Meatpacking District. Opened in 2015, the project substantially enlarges Whitney’s exhibition and programming space, enabling the first comprehensive view of the Museum’s growing collection, which today comprises more than 19,000 works of modern and contemporary American art.
Opened in 2015, the new Whitney Museum of American Art substantially enlarges Whitney’s exhibition and programming space, enabling the first comprehensive view of the Museum’s growing collection, which today comprises more than 19,000 works of modern and contemporary American art. Clad in pale blue-grey steel panels, the eight-story building is powerfully asymmetrical, with the bulk of the full-height museum to the west, Hudson-side, with tiers of lighter terraces and glazed walkways stepping down to the High Line, embracing it into the project. Some 50,000 square feet of gallery space is distributed over levels five, six, seven, and eight, the fifth level boasting a 18,000 square feet, column-free gallery – making it the largest open-plan museum gallery in New York City.
This gallery is reserved for temporary exhibitions and its expansive volume enables the display of large works of contemporary art. The permanent collection is exhibited on two floors, levels six and seven. These two floors also step back towards the west to create 13,000 square feet of outdoor sculpture terraces.
Client
Whitney Museum of American Art
Location
New York, USA
Construction Area
5,850 sqm
Programme
Museum
Design
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Status
Construction completed