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The renovation and expansion of the Erie Art Museum redefines the museum as a recurring destination for the community. Located in downtown Erie, the building provides new spaces for permanent and traveling exhibitions, a multipurpose performance and program space, a café, and an outdoor ?living room/ sculpture garden,? fostering diverse programs.
Courtesy of EDGE Studio – Photographs : David Joseph
The addition provides an accessible and prominent main entrance with a dynamic architectural identity. Serving as the Museum?s new ?front door,? it is porous, transparent and designed to capture and intrigue patrons and passers-by. Accommodating a caf̩ and seating area, along with the Museum?s retail operation, and a free gallery, the entrance encourages the community to engage. Acting as a portal to various galleries, performance spaces and public spaces, the architecture cantilevers outward to capture the view from Erie?s main street. Courtesy of EDGE Studio РPhotographs : David Joseph
The multipurpose space was designed to accommodate a large variety of programs from spoken word, music and dance performances, on stage and on the floor, to children?s lunches and educational programs.

Project Info :
Architects : EDGE Studio

Project Year : 2010

Project Area : 57000.0 ft2

Photographs : David Joseph

Project Location : Erie, PA, USA

Design Team : Anne Chen, AIA LEED APMatt Fineout, AIA Jonathan Golli...