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Museum of Westward Expansion in St. Louis
Missouri Architectural Development, USA – design by James Carpenter Design Associates
May 19, 2018
Museum at the Gateway Arch
Design: James Carpenter Design Associates
Location: St. Louis, USA
Museum at the Gateway Arch Opening July 3, 2018

photo © Earthcam/Gateway Arch Park Foundation
As part of Michael Van Valkenburgh Associates (MVVA) team that won the 2010 City+Arch+River international design competition, Cooper Robertson and James Carpenter Design Associates (JCDA) with Trivers Associates have designed the significant expansion and renovation of the Eero Saarinen-designed Museum of Westward Expansion, located directly below the iconic Gateway Arch. The museum improvements are one part of MVVA?s comprehensive expansion and renewal of the National Park?s Dan Kiley-designed 91-acre landscape with dramatically improved connections to downtown St. Louis.
photo © Katharine McClellan, JCDA
The work of James Carpenter Design Associates (JCDA) has primarily focused upon the planning and design of the museum expansion?s new West Entry and public spaces. JCDA has applied its design approach founded on the experience of light in the built environment, to the entry sequence and the new main public spaces of the Museum Arrivals Hall which lead down to and connect with renewed exhibitions and the renovated Saarinen museum below the Arch. Beyond ...