Not all new museums in the nine figures
At the Hyde Park Art Center, an 80-foot-long gallery starts on an outside wall of the building with a projection screen for video art. (Photo: Joshua Lott for The New York Times)
New museum projects trumpet a $100 million redesign here, a $300 million building there. As part of their annual Museum special, the New York Times praises the $3 million Hyde Park Art Center in Chicago, proving that not all museum construction has to cost in the nine figures.
The museum hired Douglas Garofalo, architect and a pioneer in digital design, who kept the warehouse’s original shape but gutted the interior. He wanted a building that “changes every time people come.” He designed an 80-foot-long L.E.D. projection facade along the east wall — a 21st-century canvas to display video artwork. He then placed five corrugated metal garage doors below the projection screen. When opened, they create a plaza extending the main gallery onto the street.
Exterior Hyde Park Art Center (Photo: Ricardo Phillips)
Go to website Hyde Park Art Center
Go to ‘Museums: a Special Section’ (New York Times, March 2008)
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