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A project for arch 345 architecture design and technology ii students at wentworth institute of technology to design an addition to the isabella stewart gardner museum. The addition should include a changing exhibitions gallery and a room for preserving rare books and illuminated manuscripts. Students are required to consider programmatic needs, views, light, and accessibility, among other factors. Site visits and assignments are scheduled throughout the semester.
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Wentworth Institute of Technology Department of Architecture Spring 2005
PROJECT 3: An Addition to the Gardner Museum
Exercise
The Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum is an unusual institution. Gardner left her Venetian-styled palazzo and art collection for public enjoyment with the stipulation that the building remains unaltered. As a consequence, the collection never changes, unlike those at other museums. In an effort to upgrade the facilities, provide increased handicapped accessibility, and reaffirm the museum’s vitality, the design for a new addition is being requested from you. This addition should include a changing exhibitions gallery and a room devoted to preserving rare books and illuminated manuscripts. The site for this addition is immediately adjacent to the existing building, facing towards Evans Way Park.
The client does not wish to replicate the traditional language of the existing structure, but to find a contemporary language suited to the institution’s future. Your proposal should be developed with the following programmatic needs:
Projects may not change the existing buildings in terms of natural lighting, entryways, or emergency exits unless a new system is introduced in its place. No new structure may be taller than the two-story volume bounding one side of the site. You may excavate to a maximum depth of 20 feet. You may remove a portion or the entirety of the existing garden wall.
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Wentworth Institute of Technology Department of Architecture Spring 2005
Site Visit All students should meet at the side of the building facing Evans Way during class today. You must arrive five minutes before the scheduled visit. STUDENTS WHO MISS THIS VISIT WILL NOT BE ALLOWED TO RETURN TO SEE THE GARDEN because it is presently closed to the public. Bring a tape measure, your sketchbook and a camera.
Morning Sections: Tour at 10:00 am. Afternoon Sections: Tour at 1:30 pm.
Assignment 1 – Due Wednesday April 6 Working individually, develop the following analytical drawings (you may document the building in groups, but your analysis must be your own):
Assignment 2 – Due Friday April 8 You will be working this semester with sketches and computer models. You are to complete a computer model of the existing building, site, and immediate context. Develop your own concept and massing within this context. Print these models for pinup and discussion. You should also have sketches studying your design proposal.
Schedule Assignments are due on the dates noted below. April 1 (Friday) Handout project / send students for site visit April 6 (Wednesday) Site analysis due World Trade Center Panel Discussion at 3:30 in Annex Auditorium April 8 (Friday) Digital site model complete Conceptual approach due April 15 (Friday) Mid review April 29 (Friday) Final review
Bibliography and Additional Information The following books are on reserve at the library:
See the museum’s website for additional information at http://www.gardnermuseum.org/.
Maps of the area are available on the Boston Redevelopment Authority’s website: http://www.ci.boston.ma.us/bra/maps/mapsPDFs.asp Search under the Fenway and the Longwood Area. Maps are in PDF format and may be opened in Illustrator to be manipulated.