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| i. m. pei / the east building, washington d.c. i.m. pei has designed many spaces for exhibiting works of art, and in this project was particularly complex because it was 'a very public building located in the most public of places (which) had to relate to the other public buildings (surrounding it), especially to the west wing by john russell pope... the east building was designed to complement the west building to make the whole a better functioning modern museum.' the site itself was also challenging because it was 'located at the intersection of two avenues: pennsylvania and constitution. these two important avenues have different height limitations. we had to accomodate both...' which was done by creating 'three small three-story towers... to become three 'house museums' for different exhibitions (which could) be interconnected to accomodate one large exhibition (if the occasion arises). the 'house museum' occured to (me) after (a visit to) the poldi pezzoli museum in milan. it has ' a stair that connects three levels. it has a human scale rarely found in museums. by incorporating this idea into the east building, we reduced the scale of a large museum and at the same time increased flexibility.' (quotations from 'conversations with i.m.pei', all photos courtesy prestell verlag) this is 1 of 6 pages on i.m.pei, click on the icons to see more
--- see also http://www.GreatBuildings.com/buildings/East_Wing_National_Gallery.html --- |
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