Diptych of conservatively-exploded axonometric sections of the Joinery of Realms project.
Joinery of Realms
An ADA-compliant reorganization of - and subterranean addition to - an existing historic art museum.
DATE: Spring 2020
Tools: Rhino, Adobe Suite
Class: ARCH-505B Studio ; PROF. Gary Paige
A precedent analysis of Maggie’s Centre St. Bart’s (Steven Holl Studios, 2017) first informed this project, at right.
In the final iteration, the adjacent courtyard was saved and light invited both into the existing galleries and the new gallery by creating an interlocking “joinery” of voids - including skylights, opened walls, and circulations inspired by engawa - that stream through the levels and alternate between indoor and outdoor.
Orthographic studies for the precedent research of Maggie’s Centre St. Bart’s (Steven Holl Studios, 2017).
Form, structure, and envelope studies for the precedent research of Maggie’s Centre St. Bart’s (Steven Holl Studios, 2017).
Above: Precedent studies of Maggie’s Centre St. Bart’s of London, by Steven Holl Studios, 2017.
Below: ‘Joinery of Realms’ addition to the USC Fisher Museum of Art, unbuilt, 2020.
Floorplans and sections of the Joinery of Realms addition to the Fisher Museum of Art. Enclosed spaces and occupiable floors represented in black.
The subterranean gallery is topped by the green courtyard platform, preserving the popular recreational area, the sides of which are suspended over its surroundings to filter light into the perimeter ramp and its adjacent garden space.
Cinematic 1: The existing entrance to Fisher Museum of Art.
Cinematic 4: The view of the courtyard’s raised garden platform from the eastern annex, with descending ramp in the foreground.
Cinematic 2: The new open floor of the museum’s upper level, with punched openings in the roof and the floor to transmit sunlight.
Cinematic 5: The new of the same ramp, but from its bottom, and under the punched opening in the first floor from Cinematic 2.
Cinematic 3: The newly-opened corridor into the eastern annex, which has been altered with a full glass curtain wall.
Cinematic 6: Closer view of the engawa and tsuboniwa garden below the ramp. Ribbon windows bring limited light into the gallery space.