OMA reveals design galleries at renovated Denver Art Museum
The New York office of architecture firm OMA has designed galleries and a studio inside Gio Ponti's Denver Art Museum, which recently underwent a major redevelopment.
As part of the project OMA designed 11,500 square feet (1,068 square metres) of new and renovated galleries inside Ponti's 1971 Martin Building, as well as a studio space.
The Design Gallery at the Denver Art Museum has a curved reflective wall at its entrance
The spaces form part of a wider overhaul and extension of the campus, carried out by Machado Silvetti Architects and Fentress Architects and completed in September 2021.
The three spaces by OMA, which the firm first unveiled plans for in January 2020, include the Design Gallery, Mezzanine Gallery and Design Studio ? all distinct yet interconnected. Flexible platforms and podiums can be reconfigured for different exhibitions
"It was an exciting exercise, designing within the historic Gio Ponti building and drawing from his extensive, multi-faceted body of work," said OMA partner Shohei Shigematsu.
"Much like his design philosophy, the role of design seems to grow and diversify exponentially," he continued. "A direct consequence of design ubiquity is accessibility and literacy, and we wanted the galleries to react to these changes."
A central "piazza" is surrounded by a series of rooms and podiums
The 7,750-square-foot (720-square-metre) Design Gallery is laid out around a central "piazza" surrounded by an ...
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