The Houston museum of art with the creative lighting design - reopening Lighting network

Guide language: experienced a decade of expansion, raising nearly $500 million ( About 3. 2 billion yuan) American Houston museum ( MFAH) Finally completed and open to the public on November 21.

art gallery, The expansion of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston has experienced a decade of expansion, raising nearly $500 million ( About 3. 2 billion yuan) American Houston museum ( MFAH) Finally completed and open to the public on November 21. Houston museum ( MFAH) History can be traced back to 1926, is the most ancient art venues, Texas. Delta history data, 1926 new expansion of the pavilion, named 'Nancy and Rich Kinder Building', is three stories high, covers an area of 22018 ㎡. Delta outside the museum is equipped with all kinds of sculpture art expansion project including two parts, with Glassell Kinder building art school by Steven Holl Architects responsible for

, will be the largest in North America culture project. Delta Steven Holl the perfect white building, the biggest characteristic is in the evening is 'glow' translucent walls. Its surface is covered with a layer of glass tubes shell, each glass length 76 cm. This innovation of exterior wall with soft texture like white plaster. And the top and bottom of the glass tube shell is open, you can through the air circulation cooling, can absorb and reduce nearly 70% of the sun's heat. Delta sculpture museum entrance vertical glass pipe shell, the biopsy of the irregular roof, constituted the trapezoidal concrete buildings, impressive. Roof design inspiration from Texas sky clouds, designers from clouds edge shape is extended to the cut surface of the roof arc del delta manuscript design and construction of external shape, also affected the structure of interior space. You can hardly see any level vertical lines, the entire space is filled with a large number of smooth plane geometry. Stack tile surface of roof, will bring together natural light and reflection to all corners of the hall. Strewn at random have the corridors, staircases layer to light were introduced into the open exhibition floors. The stair of the folding unicom traffic in vertical direction. Delta lighting device Alexander Calder, international mobile, 1949 'skylight', like the walls arc shape unique and organic exhibition space. Lighting layout is also appropriate to render the downy atmosphere. Atrium carry empty hall, there are enough scale to accommodate large art, further enrich the space level. Follow the lighting device into the channel of staircases, natural light from the top of the skylight sloping del light flowing in and not mechanical and repetitive, echoed through the long passages. The artist olafur elea pine ( ólafur elíasson) The lights of device 'at an underground movement is

the an illuminated bridge tunnel', 2020 del use channel layout into different immersion experience space. △ Carlos Cruz- Diez art installation in addition to the flowing of architectural space, the museum's design also pays attention to the experience of the visitors, visit the moving line is fluent, booth and lamplight decorate everywhere the pleasure of your eyes. A layer around the gallery with glass curtain wall, face to face with outdoor courtyard. A bronze statue of modelling clever sculptures attracts the attention of pedestrians. Delta Cui Bingxun design scholar 's way, Christine iglesias (2018 Cristina

Iglesias) Installation artist and sculptor is Spain, living and working in Madrid. She USES a variety of materials, including steel, water, glass, bronze, bamboo, straw to produce. Here are her works 'the

the lithosphere, the roots,' the water 'del the museum of art, the device according to the characteristics in different space. △Trenton doyle hancock，2019- 2020 delta reflection of the dragon, ai weiwei, 2019 - 2020 movie theater with a total of 215 seats, the design and construction of the ceiling external echo. Delta theater interior building internal and external structure of echo, bring fully, fluent space for indoor. Inside at night, the light through the glass tube, decrease the intensity of light construction, like a dim lantern guiding the visitors view. The entire project based on the natural elements, with the local humanities photograph echo, as always, embodies the design idea of Steven Holl. Editor: YanZhiXiang

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