The Museum of Modern Art is going to open its expanded campus, designed by Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler, on October 21. The expansion and renovation project provides more space, that increases the exhibition space by 30%, improving the experience of visitors and connecting the space to New York City. MoMA aims to be, in the words of the director Glenn D. Lowry, “a laboratory for the study and presentation of the art of our time, across all visual arts”. At the entrance, in the doble-height lobby, the Bauhaus staircase has been extended from the second floor to improve the connection with galleries, and the north wall, now glazed, offers a view on the Sculpture Garden from the new lounge. The main lobby has been improved to better welcome visitors and host the double-height store on the west. The ground floor connects the Museum to the city through new street level-exhibition spaces, while the general circulation has been improved by adding stairs and elevators. The collection galleries have been expanded on second, fourth and fifth floors. MoMA includes new spaces such as galleries of contemporary art, a studio for live programming and performances, and a Creativity Lab for education.
MoMA increases exhibition spaces by 30%
The Museum of Modern Art of New York has been renovated by Diller Scofidio + Renfro: new exhibition spaces connected to street, new lounges and the Bauhaus staircase restored.
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© 2017 Diller Scofidio + Renfro
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Image courtesy of Turner Construction Company ©2019 Max Touhey
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- Francesca Grillo
- 08 October 2019
- New York
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro
- Museum restoration
- 2019
- Expansion of Museum of Modern Art
- New York City
- Museum renovation
- Diller Scofidio + Renfro
- Gensler
- 2019
Elevation of The Museum of Modern Art on Fifty-third Street with cutaway view below street level.
North/south section-perspective through the new gallery spaces at The Museum of Modern Art, looking east along Fifty-third Street.
Exterior view of The Museum of Modern Art on 53rd Street
Construction progress of new gallery spaces in The David Geffen Wing at The Museum of Modern Art.
Construction progress of new gallery spaces in The David Geffen Wing at The Museum of Modern Art.
Construction progress of new gallery spaces in The David Geffen Wing at The Museum of Modern Art.
View of The Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin Lounge.
View of The Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin Lounge.
View of The Marlene Hess and James D. Zirin Lounge.
View of the restored Bauhaus staircase, with Oskar Schlemmer’s Bauhaus Stairway (1932).
View of the second floor looking east with new Museum Store, espresso bar and The Daniel and Jane Och Lounge. Photo by Iwan Baan
View of the Louise Reinhardt Smith Gallery, including Lawrence Weiner’s SLOW CORROSION LEADING TO A LOSS OF INHERENT DIGNITY OF THE OBJECT AT HAND (1985).