Wednesday, November 30, 2011
International Architectural Design Competition | San Jose State Museum of Art and Design | San Jose | California | MinDay
This Museum is a beacon, a glowing lighthouse of creative exploration open to all forms of expression, production and inhabitation. The building is 'constructed' by the actions of those who occupy is transparent and interstitial spaces. Conceived as a visually and spatially transparent volume in the midst of a dense urban campus, the structure is composed of a double membrane: a translucent skin of glass channels and a wall of pre-cast concrete. The inner wall penetrates the enclosed plenum and glass skin at various locations to provide openings into the museum and views out from the building itself.......more
Honorable Mention, International Design Competition