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Nancy y Rich Kinder Building en el Museo de Bellas Artes

Steven Holl Architects como Arquitectos

La nueva arquitectura del Museo del Edificio de Nancy y Rich Kinder se caracteriza por su porosidad, abriendo la planta baja a todas las elevaciones. Siete jardines cortan el perímetro, marcando los puntos de entrada y puntuando las elevaciones. El jardín del patio más grande, en la esquina de Bissonnet y Main Street, marca un punto de entrada central al nuevo campus. De pie en el gran vestíbulo del Edificio Kinder, uno puede ver los jardines en cuatro direcciones y sentir la energía invitadora de una nueva sensación de apertura a la comunidad.

photo_credit © Richard Barnes
© Richard Barnes
photo_credit © Richard Barnes
© Richard Barnes
photo_credit © Richard Barnes
© Richard Barnes

La nueva planta baja es un espacio social activo abierto a la comunidad, con un horario de funcionamiento más largo que los dos pisos de la galería de arriba. Un buen restaurante se abre al Jardín de Esculturas Cullen, un café en Bissonnet, y las galerías se abren a la calle principal. Se pueden hacer presentaciones especiales en la Plaza de la Fundación Brown y en el Jardín de la Azotea de Glassell.

photo_credit Peter Molick
Peter Molick
photo_credit Peter Molick
Peter Molick
photo_credit Peter Molick
Peter Molick

El cielo de Texas se abre a 180° por encima de un dosel luminoso que cubre el nuevo edificio. Las curvas cóncavas, imaginadas a partir de círculos de nubes, crecen a partir de la geometría del techo, permitiendo que la luz natural fluya con una medida y calidad precisas, perfectas para galerías iluminadas desde arriba. Los lados inferiores del techo curvo se convierten en reflectores de luz, capturando y deslizando la luz a través de cada experiencia única de la galería. Estos cortes curvos de luz dan forma orgánica a los espacios de la galería, de una manera única que se relaciona con las cualidades orgánicas de la exuberante vegetación y el agua que caracterizan al nuevo campus. En lugar de mecánica y repetitiva, la luz es orgánica y fluida, haciendo eco del movimiento de las galerías.

photo_credit © Richard Barnes
© Richard Barnes
photo_credit © Richard Barnes
© Richard Barnes
photo_credit © Richard Barnes
© Richard Barnes

Organizadas horizontalmente en dos niveles, todas las galerías se benefician de la luz natural y son flexibles con flujo abierto. Las salas de la galería, idealmente proporcionadas, se centran en torno a un foro abierto. El flujo abierto de las galerías está puntuado por las vistas de los siete jardines con enrejados verdes que proporcionan sombra contra el resplandor. El foro de la galería central proporciona un generoso espacio para la exposición de arte y la circulación vertical a los pisos superiores. Una rampa de escaleras y ascensores conectan los niveles del vestíbulo y la galería para el acceso directo a todas las galerías.

photo_credit © Richard Barnes
© Richard Barnes
photo_credit Thomas Dubrock
Thomas Dubrock
photo_credit © Richard Barnes
© Richard Barnes

En la colección horizontal de piedra (1924), acero y vidrio (1958, 1974) y piedra (2000), el Kinder Building añade una arquitectura horizontal de vidrio translúcido. Los elementos de vidrio curvado tienen una textura suave, como el alabastro. Por la noche, los muros translúcidos se reflejan en los jardines de agua y son una invitación abierta a entrar en el museo. Como complemento o contraste, el Edificio Kinder hace una fuerte contribución a la existente y única colección de arquitectura del Museo de Bellas Artes de Houston.

photo_credit © Steven Holl Architects
© Steven Holl Architects
photo_credit © Steven Holl Architects
© Steven Holl Architects
photo_credit © Steven Holl Architects
© Steven Holl Architects

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1,150 translucent glass tubes

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The new addition of the Museum of Fine Arts Houston (MFAH) boasts an unusual treasure – natural light. Daylight is dynamic and can change the brightness and color of art, making artificial lighting a frequent choice of museums. This is why cultural arts buildings tend to be devoid of glass walls and windows. But Stephen Holl Architects, who designed the new addition, had a distinctly different idea.

Using an ingenious system of laminated, translucent glass tubes on the outside walls of the buildings, they found a way to control the light coming in, while protecting the priceless classical art inside. Punched openings in the weather wall are opaque and offer a different experience of light behind the glass tubes. Daylight also flows in from clerestory glazing, making the experience of visiting a naturally lit museum completely unique. At night, the glass tubes glow with a soft artificial light, creating a luminous streetscape.

The museum was extended by new two building complexes, now called the Kinder Building. With the placement of the museum in the heart of Houston's Museum District — surrounded by iconic buildings, including Mies van der Rohe's existing Museum building — the design had to be a showpiece.

Working collaboratively with Holl Architects and façade specialists Josef Gartner, German glass façade experts Knippers Helbig began work on creating the glass tubes. The design called for a "cool jacket facade" — a ventilated facade structure consisting of approximately 1,150 translucent glass tubes with a length of up to 6.50m. Almost the entire building is wrapped with translucent glass tubes, which are located in front of opaque walls and large punched windows. A steel substructure with an invisible structural glazing connection supports the tubes.

The glass tubes have an acid-etched surface on the outside with four translucent Vanceva® Arctic Snow PVB interlayers, which precisely control the amount of daylight passing through them. The success of this project relied heavily on the meticulous selection of materials and forms, as well as through countless daylight simulations and mock-ups. During the Construction Documents Phase, a full-scale mockup was built to measure daylight transmission. Over several months, temperatures were measured on the tubes with the results used in detailed thermal and structural analysis.

The tight bending radius of the glass tubes meant that they could only be produced with gravitational bending. A series of tests were performed to ensure the load-bearing capacity of the glass. In addition to the architectural and daylight-control functions, the Vanceva PVB interlayers in the glass tubes also significantly contribute to the reduction of the energy transmission and the associated cooling loads. The PVB interlayers provide a high degree of safety. If a portion of the wall would be impacted, the glass would stay intact. “With translucent interlayers, the desired light transmission can be precisely fine-tuned to what was essential on this museum project,” according to Roman Schieber, Associate Director at Knippers Helbig, who led the glass façade portion project. “Unlike clear glass, translucent glass is visible and results in a totally different and fascinating perception of the space.”

Such a rare combination of natural light and fine art is already highly anticipated in the arts world. The Rich and Nancy Kinder Building is expected to open in the fall of 2020.

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