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2009_07_20
The Modern Wing
         



The new Modern Wing is built between Michigan Avenue and Columbus Drive, at the northeast corner of the block that the Art Institute of Chicago currently occupies. The addition completed the cultural, urban campus of the museum. The new street-level entrance on Monroe Street has connected Millennium Park to the heart of the existing museum through the new Griffin Court.  On the first floor, this day-lit court is flanked by new educational facilities, public amenities, galleries, and a garden, all of which will better actively link the Art Institute with urban life. The second and third floors is dedicated to art and the viewing of art. The third floor is completely lit by natural light. Below the street level is mechanical systems, art storage, and support facilities for the entire Art Institute.


Flying above the art pavilion is a shelter that filters the sun to create the natural shaded light conditions ideal for the enjoyment of art. This shelter is a kind of a flying carpet made of aluminum leaves that performs the same job as the tree canopies all around in the park. It is a 'soft machine' that sensitively levitates above the new wing, vibrantly screening the light. 



All this is made easier in a city that is built on precise north-south and east-west axes, perfectly in tune with the cycle of the sun, like a solar machine. The Modern Wing shelter gives the museum what it needs in terms of light, much as the open lattice of the Pritzker Pavilion gives shelter to the Great Lawn in terms of sound. Limestone, a material used in the construction of the entire museum from its original Beaux Arts palace to recent additions, rises from the ground like a topographic relief, massive and solid, as though it has always been there. Above this topos, the building stands light, transparent, and permeable in steel and glass, in the great tradition of Chicago buildings: solid and robust, yet at the same time light and crisp.



The Nichols Bridgeway goes from the heart of Millennium Park to the public terrace of the Modern Wing, crossing high above Monroe Street like a fine blade. The sharp metal reminds us of the bold structures characteristic of Chicago. The bridge does what all bridges do: it connects two different worlds and makes it possible to share experiences, providing beautiful views for people walking up towards the sunlight or down in front of the unique Chicago skyline.
 
Architect: Renzo Piano Building Workshop
Collaborating architect: Interactive Design Inc.
Design team: J. Moolhuijzen, D.Rat, C.Maxwell-Mahon with A.Belvedere, D.Colas, P.Colonna, O.Foucher, A.Gallissian, S.Giorgio-Marrano, H.Lee, W.Matthews, T.Mikdashi, J.B.Mothes, Y.Pages, B.Payson, M.Reale, J.Rousseau, A.Stern, A.Vachette, C.von Daniken and K.Doerr, M.Gomes, J.Nakagawa; Y.Kyrkos, C.Colson, O.Aubert
Location: Chicago, USA
Gross floor area: 25,000m2
Exterior finish: Indiana limestone, Glass, Steel, Aluminum
Structure: Ove Arup & Partners
Services: Ove Arup & Partners + Sebesta Blomberg
Civil engineering: Patrick Engineering
Structure for bridge interface with Millenium Park: Wiss, Janey, Elstner Associates Inc.
The A/V consultant: Talaske Group
landscaping: Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd.
Cost consultant: Morgan Construction Consultants
LEED consultant: Carter Burgess
Completion: 2009
Client: The Art Institute of Chicago
 
Written by Renzo Piano  | Photographs by  Nic Lehoux(except otherwise indicated)| Edited by Lee Kyung-eun
 
 
tag.  Renzo Piano , Chicago , Museum , Nichols Bridgeway
       
no.500 (2009.July) 
 
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