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The Norton Museum of Art located at West Palm Beach, Florida has revealed the plans for Foster + Partner?s first public garden ever. This comes as a step of many to come in the $100 million expansion plan. The park includes several native plants and communal spaces that are regarded as ?a new social space for the community.?

?From the beginning, we have conceived of the Norton expansion as an opportunity to create a New Norton?one that embraces its original design, while also creating a more welcoming and inviting campus,? Norman Foster commented.

?In our masterplan, it was important for us to define the Norton?s sense of place?in this case, Florida?s lush subtropics. To do so, we conceptualized a museum within a garden. We are creating verdant spaces for art and programming that extends the museum beyond its walls.?
The campus, that occupies an area of 6.3 acres, will also include a pavilion inspired by Art-Deco style. The pavilion would encircle the main courtyard to provided shady pathways connecting ?garden rooms? which reside south of the museum. Opulent plants will mount spaces inside the Pamela and Robert B. Goergen Garden. The garden will accommodate 11 valuable art pieces that were donated to the museum by the duo. The pieces include contemporary artworks by George Rickey, Mark di Suervo, and Keith Haring.
Courtesy of Foster + Partners
The ?great lawn? will be centrally-situated in the plan and will pre...