Beige Minimalist Interior Design Presentation sanya.pdf

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1. SUBMITTED BY
SANYA SAINI
ROLL NO- 926
SECTION-A
B.ARCH
THE
MILWAUKEE
ART MUSIUM

2. THE MILWAUKEE ART MUSIUM
LOCATON - 700 N ART MUSEUM DR, MILWAUKEE, WI 53202, USA
ARCHITECT- SANTIAGO CALATRAVA

FOUNDED IN -1888
COMPLETED IN -2001
INTRODUCTION
THE MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM IS AN ICONIC CONTEMPORARY BUILDING
OVERLOOKING LAKE MICHIGAN IN WISCONSIN, USA.
FOUNDED IN 1888, IT WAS FORMED WHEN MILWAUKEE ART INSTITUTE AND
LAYTON ART GALLERY MERGED THEIR COLLECTIONS WHICH WERE THEN
PARTIALLY HOUSED IN A BUILDING DESIGNED IN 1957 BY EERO SAARINEN
AS A WAR MEMORIAL
IN THE LATTER HALF OF THE 20TH-CENTURY, THE MUSEUM UNDERWENT A
PROCESS OF EXPANSION. IT THEN CAME TO INCLUDE THE WAR
MEMORIAL CENTER IN 1957 AS WELL AS THE BRUTALIST KAHLER BUILDING
(1975) DESIGNED BY DAVID KAHLER, AND THE QUADRACCI PAVILION
(2001) CREATED BY SPANISH ARCHITECT SANTIAGO CALATRAVA.

3. DESIGN CONCEPT
THE CITY OF MILWAUKEE WAS LOOKING FOR A ‘’STRONG ARCHITECTURAL
STATEMENT IN A EXCITING YET FUNCTIONAL BUILDING’’ THAT WOULD ‘’SET
AN ARCHITECTURAL STANDARD FOR THE NEXT MILLENNIUM”.
ARCHITECT SANTIAGO CALATRAVA’S RESPONSE WAS TO DESIGN A
‘’GLOWING ‘LANTERN ’’ ON THE DOWNTOWN LAKEFRONT, RADIATING LIGHT
IN ALL DIRECTIONS’’.
DESIGN PHILOSOPHY
THE MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM IS ONE PROJECT THAT BLURRED THE
BOUNDARIES BETWEEN ENGINEERING AND ARCHITECTURE.
IT COMBINED THE LATEST TECHNOLOGY WITH THE STRONG CRAFT
TRADITION OF MILWAUKEE.
CALATRAVA’S PROPOSAL WAS A PAVILION-TYPE CONSTRUCTION ON
THE AXIS WITH WISCONSIN AVENUE, THE MAIN STREET OF THE CITY
CENTER. THE STRUCTURE WAS EVOLVED PAYING HEED TO THE
ORIGINAL BUILDING BY EERO SAARINEN, THE TOPOGRAPHY OF THE
CITY, AND WITH DUE CONSIDERATION OF THE SURROUNDING LAKE
CONTEXT AND CULTURE.

4. MATERIAL USED
A MASSIVE WHITE FORM OF STEEL AND CONCRETE TAKING AFTER THE
FORM OF A SHIP, THE MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM SETS ITSELF APART IN
BOTH GEOMETRY AND MATERIALS.
THE PROMINENT USE OF REINFORCED CONCRETE WAS AN OFFSHOOT OF
THE MATERIAL’S FLUIDITY AND MOLDABILITY.
METAL AND GLASS WERE THE OTHER PRIMARY MATERIALS PUT TO USE
WHILE CONSTRUCTING THE PAVILION.
THE APPLICATION OF METAL IS NOTICEABLE IN ELEMENTS LIKE THE MOBILE
SUNSCREEN WHILE THE GLASS IS USED IN PLACES LIKE THE GLASS ROOF
ABOVE THE CENTRAL HALL AND THE WINDOWS.
INSPIRATION
THERE ARE MULTIPLE ELEMENTS IN THE STRUCTURE INSPIRED BY ITS
LOCATION FACING THE LAKE: MOBILE STEEL BLINDS INSPIRED BY THE WINGS
OF A BIRD, A WIRED PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE WITH A RAISED MAST INSPIRED BY
THE SHAPE OF A SAILBOAT, AND A CURVED GALLERY OF A SINGLE FLOOR
RESEMBLING A WAVE.

5. CHALLENGES FACED
ONE OF THE FIRST CHALLENGES WHILE DEVELOPING THIS PROJECT WAS DESIGNING THE FOOTING. THE CONSTRUCTION
SITE WAS AN ABANDONED LANDFILL ALONG THE LAKESHORE. BUT BELOW THE FILLING LEVEL AND THE LAKE, THERE WAS A
PRESENCE OF COMPETENT BEARING STRATA THAT COULD SUPPORT CONSTRUCTION.
SOLUTION
A BASE SLAB OF CONCRETE WAS DESIGNED TO EXTEND
THE LOAD AND ALLOW THE INSTALLATION OF A MORE
ROBUST WATERPROOFING SYSTEM. THE RAFT TYPE SLAB
IS EXTENDED WITHOUT ANY PILLARS OR PILINGS WHERE
MOISTURE COULD PENETRATE.
THE CAREFULLY PLACED CONCRETE ARCH ELEMENTS
TRANSFER THE LOADS TO THE FOUNDATION WALL AND
THE CENTRAL BEAM. THE SIZE AND POSITION OF
OPENINGS IN CONCRETE BEAMS WERE CAREFULLY
DETERMINED.

6. FEATURES
ACCORDING TO THE ARCHITECT, THE DESIGN “RESPONDS TO THE CULTURE OF THE LAKE: THE SAILBOATS,
THE WEATHER, THE SENSATION OF MOVEMENT AND CHANGE”.
HE SAID, “THE SHAPE OF THE BUILDING IS BOTH FORMAL, COMPLETING THE COMPOSITION; FUNCTIONAL,
CONTROLLING THE LEVEL OF LIGHT; SYMBOLIC, OPENING TO RECEIVE VISITORS, AND ICONIC, CREATING A
MEMORABLE IMAGE FOR THE MUSEUM AND THE CITY. ”
THE STRIKING SET OF “WINGS” – THE BURKE BRISE SOLEIL
(FROM THE FRENCH FOR “SUN BREAKER”) – THAT ADORNS THE
MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM IS A FEATURE ONE CANNOT MISS.
THE WINGS FORM A MOVABLE SUNSCREEN THAT CAN BE
ADJUSTED THROUGHOUT THE DAY TO SHADE THE INTERIORS
OF THE MUSEUM WHILE GIVING THE BUILDING A SENSE OF
MOBILITY.

IT TAKES THREE AND A HALF MINUTES FOR THESE CENSOR-
CLAD FINS TO OPEN OR CLOSE.

7. PLANNING
THE 13,192 M² FOUR-STORIED STRUCTURE ADDS A VARIETY OF SPACES
TO THE MUSEUM, PRIMARILY PUBLIC SPACES.
AT THE COAST LEVEL, THE EXPANSION COMPRISES A RECEPTION
HALL, AN AUDITORIUM WITH 300 SEATS, MEETING SPACES, A STORE,
AN EDUCATIONAL CENTER WITH A CONFERENCE ROOM, AND A 1500
M² GALLERY SPACE FOR TEMPORARY EXHIBITIONS.
THE FUNCTIONAL AREAS OF THE MAIN BUILDING INCLUDE THE
PARKING GARAGE, THE GALLERY SPACE, THE PAVILION (RING BEAM
AND A-FRAMES), AND THE SOUTH TERRACE. THE RESTAURANT IS
PLACED AT THE FOCAL POINT OF THE PAVILION PROVIDING A
PANORAMIC VIEW OF THE LAKE.
THE WINDHOVER HALL IS A LARGE RECEPTION HALL SERVING AS
THE GRAND ENTRANCE OF THE PAVILION.
IT IS THE ARCHITECT’S INTERPRETATION OF A GOTHIC CATHEDRAL
COMPOSED OF FLYING BUTTRESSES, PROPPED ARCHES, RIBBED
VAULTS, AND A CENTRAL NAVE TOPPED BY A 27.43 METERS HIGH
GLASS ROOF.

8. BUILDING LAYOUT

9. BUILDING LAYOUT

10. BUILDING LAYOUT

11. BUILDING LAYOUT

12. BUILDING LAYOUT

13. MAIN LEVEL FLOOR PLAN

14. A QUICK STUDY OF A PARTIAL BUILDING SECTION REVEALS THE CLEVER ARRANGEMENT OF PINNED CONCRETE ARCH
ELEMENTS WHICH TRANSFERS STRUCTURAL LOADS TO THEFOUNDATION WALL AND CENTERBEAM.
BUILDING SECTION

15. ELEMENTS
CABLE-STAYED BRIDGE
A CABLE-STAYED PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE
85.34M LONG, 4.87M WIDE WITH A 58.52M
PYLON THAT SUPPORTS 10 MAIN
SECTIONS THROUGH 9 CABLES WITH
CLOSED BOVINE AND 18 BACKUP CABLES.
WITH A SPAN OF 73 METERS, THE BRIDGE
LINKS DOWNTOWN MILWAUKEE TO THE
MUSEUM PERCHED AT THE LAKESHORE.
THE PYLON OF THE BRIDGE AND THE
BACKBONE OF THE PAVILION ARE TILTED
48 DEGREES TO THE PAVILION AND ARE ON
THE SAME AXIS.

16. PAVILION
A PARABIOLIC- SHAPED WITH A 90-FOOT HIGH
CEILING
THE MILDLY- REINFORCED CONCRETE PAVILION
SUPPORTS THE BACK STAY BEAM AND EAST
PIER OF THE PEDESTRIAN BRIDGE AS WELL AS
THE A- FRAME AND THE BUILDING SPINE THAT IN
TURN SUPPORT THE MOVEABLE BURKE BRISE-
SOLEIL
THE CABLE- STAYED BRIDGE PYLON AND THE
QUADRACCI PAVILION’S BUILDING SPINE ARE
ALIGNED ON THE SAME AXIS AND ARE INCLINED
48.36 DEGREES TOWARDS THE PAVILION
ELEMENTS

17. BURKE BRISE - SOLEIL
THE BURKE SUNBREAKER
RESTS ON THE DOMED UPPER
PART OF THE WINDHOVER HALL.
WITH A WINGSPAN OF 66.14
METERS.
IT CONSISTS OF 72 STEEL FINS,
WHICH VARY IN LENGTH FROM
7.92 TO 32 METERS AND WEIGH
90 TONS.
THE PIVOT LINE FOR THE SLATS
IS BASED ON THE AXIS OF A
LINEAR MAST WHICH IS
INCLINED AT 48 DEGREES.

18. BURKE BRISE - SOLEIL
THE SIGNATURE ELEMENT OF
THE CALATRAVA ADDITION IS
COMPOSED OF TWO LARGE
OPERABLE WINGS, EACH MADE
UP OF 36 INTERCONNECTED
FINS, SPANNING ALMOST 220
FEET
11 PAIRS OF ACTUATORS
OPERATE SIMULYANEOUSLY TO
OPEN PR CLOSE THE WINGS IN
UNISON BY TURNING TWO
ROTATING SPINES UP TO 90
DEGREE

19. SUSTAINABILITY
THE MOBILE SUNSCREEN OF THE MILWAUKEE ART MUSEUM IS ONE OF ITS SUSTAINABLE FEATURES. THE
SENSORS THAT COVER THE FINS ARE CONSTANTLY MONITORING WIND SPEED AND DIRECTION. THE WINGS ARE
ADJUSTED ACCORDING TO THE WIND AS WELL AS THE LIGHT AND SHADING REQUIREMENTS MAKING IT
RESPONSIVE TO THE WEATHER.
A 3,840 SQUARE FOOT GREEN ROOF IS A SOURCE OF AESTHETIC AND ENVIRONMENTAL BENEFITS INCLUDING
THE EXTENSION OF ROOF LIFE, ENERGY CONSERVATION, AND STORMWATER MANAGEMENT.
THE HAND-BUILT STRUCTURE WAS MADE BY POURING CONCRETE INTO WOODEN FORMS, SOME OF WHICH
DISPLAYED A CRAFT OF QUALITY TYPICAL TO FURNITURE, COUPLED WITH STEEL AND GLASS. THE MILWAUKEE
ART MUSEUM IS AN AMALGAMATION OF CUTTING EDGE TECHNOLOGY AND OLD CRAFTSMANSHIP, CONSERVING
THE CITY’S STRONG TRADITION OF ART.
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