Floor Plan Sanaa Toledo Glass Museum

Image 7 of 12 from gallery of glass pavilion at the toledo museum of art sanaa.

Floor plan sanaa toledo glass museum.

The plan is derived from a grid of various rectilinear. The annex to the toledo museum of art is both an exhibition space for the museum s glass collection and a glass making facility. Ever since the magnate edward libbey owner of the libbey glass company founded the toledo museum of art in 1901 it has also housed one of the world s prime collections of. The history of toledo ohio s fourth largest city is inextricably linked to the glass manufacturing industry to the extent that is known to many as the glass city.

Bringing the surrounding park into the building not only visually but also as an experience adds to the complexity of the floor plan. Ryue nishizawa and kazuyo sejima of sanaa. Almost 40 years later the sanaa architecture firm designs unique floor plans for the 21st century museum in japan and the glass pavilion in toledo ohio they implement the same design principals john hejduk and aldo van eyck implemented in their designs 40 years ago sanaa architects. In recognition of the toledo museum of art s role as the cradle of the studio glass movement many artists and collectors have donated works of art.

Look at the next two floor plan images. Sanaa designed the museum as a low single story pavilion with a series of courtyards open the sky so that visitors when inside the building still feel they are walking under the trees. Sanaa s glass pavilion at the toledo museum of art buildipedia. With the opening of the tma glass pavilion in 2006 toledo acquired a state of the art facility to house care for study and display its renowned glass collection.

The glass pavilion at the toledo museum of. Opened in 2006 the postmodern glass pavilion received travel leisure s 2007 design award for best museum the building was designed by kazuyo sejima and ryue nishizawa lead architects of sanaa sejima and nishizawa and associates a tokyo based firm known for designing attractive and functional museums that relate well to their sites and for using architectural glass with extraordinary. Floor plan glass pavilion toledo museum of art toledo ohio 2006. Photo by takashi okamoto.

Courtesy of sanaa architecture.