This website uses cookies as well as similar tools and technologies to understand visitors' experiences. By continuing to use this website, you consent to Columbia University's usage of cookies and similar technologies, in accordance with the Columbia University Website Cookie Notice
As a response to the counter brief (a museum with only galleries), we designed a museum with homogenous proto-galleries occupied by art that support the complexity of its context. We proposed a prototype in which the back-of-house wraps the front-of-house. Through this pairing, a greater variety of scales and connections are supported. The wrapping acts as an armature for art; its spatial quality contrasts with the neatness of the front-of-house. The binary spatial experience provides a more dynamic and flexible alternative for institutions and curators. The pairing introduces a third spatial type: the crack. The crack brings light to the wrapped layer both in plan and section. It also brings forth a gallery type that is capable of interacting with the city.