Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park, North Carolina
Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park, North Carolina Museum of Art Building, Architecture
Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park, North Carolina
NCMA Building in Raleigh, NC, USA – design by Civitas, Inc. Architects
Jun 16, 2018
Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park
Design: Civitas, Inc. Architects
Location: 2110 Blue Ridge Road, Raleigh, North Carolina, USA
Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park at North Carolina Museum of Art
What started as an exercise in reimagining the future of the museum has transformed a former Raleigh, NC, prison site into an engaging experiment in extroverting the art museum into something altogether new.
At a time when museums are challenged with remaining relevant in an age of info-distraction, the North Carolina Museum of Art (NCMA) recognized its 164-acre campus as a rare asset ? and opportunity to explore ?the idea of what a museum can be in the 21st century,? says NCMA Director Lawrence Wheeler. Designed as an evolving work in progress, the new 25-acre Ann and Jim Goodnight Museum Park Expansion is an open invitation to community. The multi-layered design reinvents the traditional interior gallery experience outdoors, connecting new and more diverse audiences in a joyful free-ranging exploration of art and nature. At the same time, it fosters social healing for the site?s grim past, from World War I tank training ground to 20th-century youth incarceration facility. A broad curvilinear promenade serves as transition from the Museum buildings? more for...
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