Space
Axonometric
The new building houses the African collections , photography and special museum exhibitions, as well as a new entrance lobby, museum store , café, library and staff support spaces of the museum.
From the outside the five lanterns cristas emerging subdivided and give order to the sculpture park , allowing you to create distinct garden areas outside where people can stroll, admire sculptures or even picnics. During the day these five volumes bring to light outdoor spaces , while at night the roles are reversed and it is the inner light that illuminates creating a landmark in the landscape.
From inside the linear layout of the building suggests a progressive path inside a kind of promenade that guides the visitor through the five exposure levels and exposure. Each level is accompanied by a flashlight that bathes superior light and generates a relatively independent of the other space , although visually connected .
On the north side the project is extended in the form of square Arrival characterized by the work " One Sun / 34 Moons " by artist Walter De Maria . From this square leads to the first inner level and the start of the museum tour . Under the square located two levels of underground parking from which there is also direct access to the lobby entrance . The fountain sculpture by De Maria makes parking becomes a work of art in itself , as through water and a series of skylights ( moons ) sunlight reaches the lower space creating a unique effect.
The first level , corresponding to the northernmost lantern houses the public spaces as the new entrance lobby, the cafeteria , shop, library and staff support spaces of the museum. This level is welcoming the visitor becoming a transitional space between the city and art.
From here each reference level decreases in the previous creating a series of visual connections between the spaces that are not divided by any vertical enclosure . The roof also decreases along with the different levels , but with a smaller slope , which implies that the roofs of all levels are increasingly high as the visitor moves on its way .
Lower level exhibit a level of continuous service that allows the storage and distribution of works throughout the gallery extends .