herzog & de meuron plans new building for vancouver art gallery
following a previous proposal released in 2015, the vancouver art gallery has now unveiled the final design of its new gallery building. the 300,000-square-foot structure has been conceived by herzog & de meuron to serve the institution?s expanding collection and to accommodate new art and educational programing for its growing audience. situated at larwill park ? unifying the crossroads of downtown, yaletown, gastown, east vancouver and chinatown ? the new building seeks to establish itself as a creative and cultural hub for local, national, and international visitors of all ages.
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herzog & de meuron have designed the vancouver art gallery?s new museum as a sculptural, symmetrical, upright building combining opaque and transparent surfaces, with larger volumes concentrated at the top and minimal mass at the bottom. by lifting the bulk of the structure high above the street, the design allows light and air to filter down to an active, open-air courtyard below.
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?the project for the new vancouver art gallery has a civic dimension that can contribute to the life and identity of the city, in which many artists of international reputation live and work,? explains christine binswanger, partner in charge, herzog & de meuron. ?the building now combines two materials, wood and glass, both inseparable from the history and making of the city. we developed a façade out of glass ...
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