CHIHULY GARDEN AND GLASS
An exterior precedent for museum exhibition spaces integrating transparent glasshouses and landscaped sculpture gardens.
- What we like about this project
- A towering vibrant yellow-and-red glass sculpture anchors a dark-mulch circular island in the middle of the paved pathways.
Materials
- glass
- steel
- concrete
- plant-material
Visual identifiers
- glasshouse
- curved-roof
- sculpture-garden
- glazed-facade
Style tags
- contemporary
- transparent
- museum
Visual tags
- museum
- public-realm
- landscape
- transparent
- exhibition-space
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical garden layout featuring a central circular mound with a large glass sculpture, flanked by a massive arched-roof glasshouse structure and lower pavilion buildings.
- Facade system
- Structural steel space frame with curved curved and flat glass glazing panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss system supporting vaulted and vertical structural glazing.
- Spatial scale
- Large public museum grounds; glasshouse volume rises approximately forty feet.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting crisp shadows, illuminating clear glass surfaces and colorful art glass installations.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, luminous, and open, punctuated by bold colors and expansive daylight.
- Environmental context
- Urban museum garden setting with surrounding civic structures and clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Movement flows along sweeping paved paths meandering through open-air gardens toward glass exhibition volumes.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical glass framing members contrast against organic curves of garden beds and sculptures.
- Style reading
- Contemporary museum and garden design
- Program
- Museum and exhibition garden
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture
- Materials
- glass, steel, concrete, plant-material
- Visual identifiers
- glasshouse, curved-roof, sculpture-garden, glazed-facade
- Style tags
- contemporary, transparent, museum
- Visual tags
- museum, public-realm, landscape, transparent, exhibition-space
- Geometry
- An asymmetrical garden layout featuring a central circular mound with a large glass sculpture, flanked by a massive arched-roof glasshouse structure and lower pavilion buildings.
- Facade system
- Structural steel space frame with curved curved and flat glass glazing panels.
- Structural guess
- Steel truss system supporting vaulted and vertical structural glazing.
- Spatial scale
- Large public museum grounds; glasshouse volume rises approximately forty feet.
- Lighting
- Bright midday sun casting crisp shadows, illuminating clear glass surfaces and colorful art glass installations.
- Atmosphere
- Vibrant, luminous, and open, punctuated by bold colors and expansive daylight.
- Environmental context
- Urban museum garden setting with surrounding civic structures and clear blue sky.
- Spatial experience
- Movement flows along sweeping paved paths meandering through open-air gardens toward glass exhibition volumes.
- Composition rhythm
- Repeating vertical glass framing members contrast against organic curves of garden beds and sculptures.
- Style reading
- Contemporary museum and garden design
- Program
- Museum and exhibition garden
- Perspective
- Aerial/Site
- Discipline
- architecture