New Ismaili Center in Houston to Feature Contemporary Art
An interior cultural precedent showcasing a mirrored floor-and-ceiling textile display arrangement within a vast, glazed exhibition volume.
- What we like about this project
- A traditional textile is mirrored identically between the ceiling coffer and the floor platform.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- plaster
- textile
- ceramic
Visual identifiers
- ceiling-mounted-rug
- low-display-platform
- full-height-glazing
- coffered-ceiling
Style tags
- contemporary
- minimalist-envelope
- theatrical
- cultural
Visual tags
- cultural
- gallery
- exhibition-space
- textile-display
- double-height
- contemporary
- Geometry
- Wide volume featuring a raised central platform, a coffered ceiling recess echoing the platform's footprint, and a full-height glazed exterior wall on one side.
- Facade system
- Structural glass curtain wall with slim mullions.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with long-span floor and roof trusses to support the column-free glazed perimeter.
- Spatial scale
- Large double-height exhibition space with a human-scale central platform and expansive perimeter glazing.
- Lighting
- Integrated directional and linear lighting highlights the ceiling installation, low platform, and artwork walls, contrasting with the dark exterior at night.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and contemplative evening gallery atmosphere with museum-grade focus lighting.
- Environmental context
- Interior of a contemporary cultural building at night, with city lights visible through the expansive glass facade.
- Spatial experience
- A dramatic gallery experience where horizontal surfaces on the floor and ceiling mirror each other through texturing and textiles, framed by transparent perimeter glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong diagonal sightlines created by linear light fixtures cutting across the ceiling plane.
- Style reading
- Contemporary museum architecture with theatrical spatial curation
- Program
- Cultural Center / Art Gallery
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, plaster, textile, ceramic
- Visual identifiers
- ceiling-mounted-rug, low-display-platform, full-height-glazing, coffered-ceiling
- Style tags
- contemporary, minimalist-envelope, theatrical, cultural
- Visual tags
- cultural, gallery, exhibition-space, textile-display, double-height, contemporary
- Geometry
- Wide volume featuring a raised central platform, a coffered ceiling recess echoing the platform's footprint, and a full-height glazed exterior wall on one side.
- Facade system
- Structural glass curtain wall with slim mullions.
- Structural guess
- Steel frame with long-span floor and roof trusses to support the column-free glazed perimeter.
- Spatial scale
- Large double-height exhibition space with a human-scale central platform and expansive perimeter glazing.
- Lighting
- Integrated directional and linear lighting highlights the ceiling installation, low platform, and artwork walls, contrasting with the dark exterior at night.
- Atmosphere
- Serene and contemplative evening gallery atmosphere with museum-grade focus lighting.
- Environmental context
- Interior of a contemporary cultural building at night, with city lights visible through the expansive glass facade.
- Spatial experience
- A dramatic gallery experience where horizontal surfaces on the floor and ceiling mirror each other through texturing and textiles, framed by transparent perimeter glazing.
- Composition rhythm
- Strong diagonal sightlines created by linear light fixtures cutting across the ceiling plane.
- Style reading
- Contemporary museum architecture with theatrical spatial curation
- Program
- Cultural Center / Art Gallery
- Perspective
- Interior Spatial
- Discipline
- architecture