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NATIONAL GALLERY OF ARTS,
WASHINGTON DC
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O ARCHITECT: I.M. PEI & JOHN RUSSELL
POPE
O BUILDING: MUSEUM ESTABLISHED IN
1937 FOR THE PUBLIC
O THE BUILDING COMPLEXT CONSISTS
OF
- NEO CLASSICAL WEST WING
DESIGNED BY JOHN RUSSELL POPE.
- MODERN EAST WING
DESIGNED BY I.M. PEI
- THE SCULPTURE GARDEN
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THE EAST AND WEST WING ARE
CONNECTED BY SPACIOUS
UNDERGROUND PASSAGE CALLED THE
CONCOURSE.
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THE WEST BUILDING
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ABOUT THE ARCHITECT
O JOHN RUSSELL POPE WAS AN AMERICAN ARCHITECT.
O HE WAS ARCHITECT FOR WHOM REFINEMENT AND REINTERPRETATION OF A FEW CANONICAL ARCHETYPES HELD GREATER CREATIVE POSSIBILITIES THAN INVENTION OF NEW FORMS.
O HIS TRANSFORMATION OF THE ROMAN PANTHEON AS THE CENTRAL MOTIF AT THE WEST BUILDING OF THE NATIONAL GALLERY OF ART IS ONE OF THE EXAMPLES
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O DESIGNED BY JOHN RUSSELL POPE IN
NEO CLASSICAL STYLE.
O IT IS COMPOSED OF PINK TENNESSE
MARBLE.
O THE BUILDING IS IN FORM OF AN
ELONGATED H.
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O THE BUILDING IS CENTRED ON A DOME ROTUNDA MODELED ON INTERIOR OF PANTHEON IN ROME.
O EXTENDING IN BOTH THE DIRECTIONS OF THE DOMES ARE SKYLIT SCULPTURE EXHIBITION HALLS.
O BRIGHT GARDEN COURTS PROVIDE A COUNTERPOINT TO THE LONG MAIN AXIS OF THE BUILDING.
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DAYLIGHTING IN THE WEST WING
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THE MEANS OF NATURAL
LIGHT IN THE WEST
BUILDING WAS MAINLY
THROUGH THE SKYLIGHTS
PROVIDED.
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THE EAST BUILDING
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ABOUT THE ARCHITECT
O I.M. PEI IS A CHINESE ARCHITECT KNOWN FOR MODERN ARCHITECTURE.
O PEI'S STYLE IS DESCRIBED AS THOROUGHLY MODERNIST, WITH SIGNIFICANT CUBISTTHEMES.
O HE IS KNOWN FOR COMBINING TRADITIONAL ARCHITECTURAL ELEMENTS WITH PROGRESSIVE DESIGNS BASED ON SIMPLE GEOMETRIC PATTERNS.
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O DESIGNED BY I.M. PEI.
O IT IS RIGOROUSLY GEOMETRICAL DIVIDING THE TRAPEZOIDAL SITE INTO TWO TRAINGLES.
O THE ISOSCELES TRIANGLE HOUSES THE MUSEUM’S PUBLIC FUNCTIONS.
O THE RIGHT TRIANGLE WORKS AS A STUDY CENTER.
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THE EAST WING IS ALSO
MADE IN PINK TENNESEE
MARBLE WHICH GIVES A
PLEASING VISUAL EFFECT
AT NIGHT.
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TO EMPHASIZE THE SHARP ANGLES,
THOUGH, LIGHTER STONE WAS USED
FOR THE VERTICAL CORNERS.
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THE TRIANGLES IN TURN BECAME THE
BUILDING'S ORGANIZED MOTIF,
ECHOED AND REPEATED IN EVERY
DIMENSION.
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DAYLIGHTING IN EAST WING
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O THE BUILDING'S MOST DRAMATIC FEATURE IS ITS HIGH ATRIUM DESIGNED AS AN OPEN INTERIOR COURT.
O IT IS ENCLOSED BY A SCULPTURAL SPACE FRAME SPANNING 16,000 SQUARE FEET (1,500 M2).
O THE ATRIUM IS CENTERED ON THE SAME AXIS THAT FORMS THE CIRCULATION SPINE FOR THE WEST BUILDING AND CONSTRUCTED IN THE SAME TENNESSEE MARBLE.
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THE ATRIUM HAS PYRAMIDAL
SKYLIGHTS BENEATH WHICH IS A
CALDER MOBILE IS MADE.
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CALDER MOBILESO A MOBILE IS A TYPE OF
KINETIC SCULPTURE CONSTRUCTED TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF THE PRINCIPLE OF EQUILIBRIUM.
O IT CONSISTS OF A NUMBER OF RODS, FROM WHICH WEIGHTED OBJECTS OR FURTHER RODS HANG.
O THE OBJECTS HANGING FROM THE RODS BALANCE EACH OTHER, SO THAT THE RODS REMAIN MORE OR LESS HORIZONTAL.
O EACH ROD HANGS FROM ONLY ONE STRING, WHICH GIVES IT FREEDOM TO ROTATE ABOUT THE STRING.
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THE CONCOURSE
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O THE UNDERGROUND SPACIOUS
PASSAGE CONNECTS BOTH THE
WINGS.
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O THE CONCOURSE IS LIT BY A SERIES OF TETRAHEDRON SKYLIGHTS WHICH ARE THERE AT REGULAR INTERVALS.