‘parrish art museum’ by herzog & de meuron, new york, USAimage courtesy of jeff cully

 

 

after successfully surviving hurricane sandy unscathed, swiss practice herzog and de meuron‘s ‘parrish art museum‘ opened to the public on november 10 as had been planned and long awaited. the first art museum built on the east end of long island in more than a century, it is nestled diagonally on a square site, the modestly designed steel and wood frame section measuring 29 meters wide extruded to an astounding 187 meters long, relying on the quality of light and immensity of space to define the exhibition space’s character covering 34,400-square-feet. seven skylit galleries comprising 7,600-square-feet will be devoted to parrish’s collection. the north-facing skylights drove the entire basis for the orientation of the project on the site, benefiting from the right indirect light in which to view artwork, but also allowing the native agriculture to envelope the archetypal farm structure. for a more detailed review of the building, see designboom’s earlier coverage here.

 

 

museum walkthroughvideo courtesy of jeff cully

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensextruded frame structureimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum openstwo joined farm-typologiesimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum openslong concrete shear wall helps with lateral supportimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensvoids in the structure create entries and courtyardsimage courtesy of jeff cully

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensconcrete bench detail, integrated into the exterior wallimage courtesy of jeff cully

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum openshybrid wood and metal structureimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensimage courtesy of jeff cully

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensimage courtesy of jeff cully

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum openslarge spill-out space allows the user to gaze over the natural rural landscapeimage courtesy of jeff cully

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensnaturally illuminated interiorimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum openssmall lights accentuate the structural componentsimage courtesy of jeff cully

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensopen air courtyardimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensilluminated structureimage courtesy of jeff cully

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensilluminated concrete wall at nightimage courtesy of jeff cully

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum openslongitudinal elevationimage © matthu placek

 

 

herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opensaerial viewimage courtesy of jeff cully

 

 

project info:

 

cost: 26 million USDsite area: 601,000sqft / 56,000sqmbuilding footprint: 34,400 sq ftbuilding dimensions: length 615 ft, width 95ft, height 32ft gross floor area: 50,300 sq ft / 4,673 m2

 

lighting engineer: arup lighting, new york, USA / london, UKgeotechnical consultant: langan, new york, NY, USAsecurity consultant: ducibella venter & santore, north haven, CT, USAfire protection: chevally enterprises, ronkonkoma, NY, USAconcrete consultant: reginald d. hough, rhinebeck, NY, USA

 

design: herzog & de meuron, basel, switzerlandfurniture design: kgid, konstantin grcic industrial design, munich, germanyexecutive architect: douglas moyer architect PC, sag harbor, NY, USAmechanical engineering: buro happold, new york, NY, USAlandscape design & architecture: reed hilderbrand landscape architecture, watertown, MA, USAcivil/ environmental engineer: nelson & pope engineers & surveyors, melville, NY, USAenvironmental engineer: nelson, pope & voorhis LLC, melville, NY, USA