herzog & de meuron: parrish art museum opens

‘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

extruded frame structureimage © matthu placek

two joined farm-typologiesimage © matthu placek

image © matthu placek

long concrete shear wall helps with lateral supportimage © matthu placek

image © matthu placek

voids in the structure create entries and courtyardsimage courtesy of jeff cully

concrete bench detail, integrated into the exterior wallimage courtesy of jeff cully

hybrid wood and metal structureimage © matthu placek

image courtesy of jeff cully

image courtesy of jeff cully

large spill-out space allows the user to gaze over the natural rural landscapeimage courtesy of jeff cully

image © matthu placek

naturally illuminated interiorimage © matthu placek

image © matthu placek

image © matthu placek

small lights accentuate the structural componentsimage courtesy of jeff cully

image © matthu placek

open air courtyardimage © matthu placek

illuminated structureimage courtesy of jeff cully

illuminated concrete wall at nightimage courtesy of jeff cully

longitudinal elevationimage © matthu placek

aerial 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