Architecture firm Morphosis has revealed its design for a swooping, striated building that will house an art museum in Southern California.
The Orange County Museum of Art (OCMA) is uprooting from its current location in Newport Beach, and moving inland to the Segerstrom Center for the Arts in Costa Mesa.

Los Angeles-based Morphosis ? founded by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne ? was selected to design the new museum, which will encompass 52,000 square feet and offer 50 per cent more gallery areas than OCMA's previous home.
The extra space will allow the institution to host larger special exhibitions and installations, both inside and across expansive outdoor areas.

"Morphosis' design for the museum evolved from both the 'outside-in' and the 'inside-out'," said Mayne in a statement. "The building is a final puzzle piece for the campus at Segerstrom Center for the Arts, responding to the form of the neighbouring buildings and energising the plaza with a cafe and engaging public spaces." "At the same time, the design also responds to a desire to enhance access to OCMA's permanent collection through neutral, flexible exhibition spaces that can complement art of all media," he added.

Spread over several levels, the museum will feature pale-coloured stripes of metal around its external walls, which will curve and slant to create a sculptural form. Areas of glass and exposed concrete will add to the material palette.
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