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SFMOMA Expansion Art Court | Snhetta
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The award-winning architecture firm, Snhetta has been commissioned by the San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
(SFMOMA) to design the expansion of the museum. The new project is expected todouble the museums exhibition
and education space while enhancing the visitor experience. The new proposal includes a ground-level galleries and
orientation spaces that will be free to the public and new educational spaces throughout the museum. The design
also features new pedestrian pathways that lead to and through the museum from the surrounding streets, creating a
nexus for the neighborhood. Groundbreaking is scheduled for summer 2013, completion is projected in 2016.. More
details from the architect after the jump.
SFMOMA Expansion Art Court Snhetta
The architects sketches for SFMOMAs new expansion reveal a transformative design for the museum, the
neighborhood, and the city. Our design for SFMOMA responds to the unique demands of this site, as well as the
physical and urban terrain of San Francisco, says Snhetta principal architect Craig Dykers. The scale of the
building meets the museums mission, and our approach to the neighborhood strengthens SFMOMAs engagement
with the city. Pedestrian routes will enliven the streets surrounding the museum and create a procession of stairs and
platforms leading up to the new building, echoing the network of paths, stairways, and terracing that is a trademark of
the city.
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SFMOMA Expansion Art Court Snhetta
Public circulation between the museum and the city will be enhanced through the creation of free ground-level
galleries, new entrances that make the museum accessible from every direction, a central public gathering place, and
more extensive routes of public circulation. The use of glass throughout the building, as well as the creation of
several outdoor terraces and a new sculpture garden, further serves to open up the museum and connect it to the
city.
The design of the interior spaces synthesizes the current Mario Botta-designed building and the new Snhetta
expansion into one seamless whole. Two main entrances (the current entrance on Third Street and a new one on
Natoma) will lead into a central space that will serve as the public entry point to all galleries. To create an expansive,flowing space on the entry level of the museum, the original staircase will be removed from the Botta atrium. There
will also be a new entrance added on Minna Street to facilitate the arrival of school groups.
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In addition to the new routes of public circulation welcoming visitors into the museum, the design will foster more
intuitive navigation within the museum. While most museums have a single area dedicated to education, the new
SFMOMA will feature a variety of education spaces throughout the building, directly connected to the galleries. In
addition, an innovative, multifunctional gallery space will be easily adapted for educational programs, live
performances, and special events.
SFMOMA Expansion Art Court Snhetta
The expansion also includes galleries of differing scale, materials, and lighting specifically designed to showcase a
range of art, from photography to installation, video, painting, and sculpture. The galleries in the existing and new
buildings will be unified and total 130,000 square feet, doubling our current gallery space.
The building also introduces a faade on Howard Street that will feature a large, street-level gallery enclosed in glass
on three sides, providing views of both the art in the galleries and the new public spaces. Upon opening, the Howard
Street gallery will house Richard Serras masterpieceSequence (2006), which is part of the Fisher Collection. The
sculpture will be visible from the outside even when the museum is closed.
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On Howard Street, the glass-enclosed gallery and pedestrian promenade will be located on a site currently occupied
by Fire House 1 and its neighbor at 670 Howard Street. SFMOMA is designing, financing, and constructing a new,
replacement fire station on nearby Folsom Street, representing a gift to the city of more than $10 million, that will
provide the Fire Department with a state-of-the-art facility that will enhance emergency response time.
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