The Whitney Museum at Gansevoort
The Renzo Piano Building Workshop's new Whitney Museum headquarters is a factory raised above the ground that on one side holds a dialogue with New York and on the other faces onto New Jersey. This monolith weighs 28.000 metric tons but flies because it projects itself upward, letting Gansevoort Street spread out and enter inside it allowing the building to be invaded by the street. This means recognizing the civic value of a place for culture and art, making it a transparent and accessible space, not an elitist one.
Project data
| Design | 2007 - 2011 |
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| Construction | 2012 - 2015 |
| Site area | 3925 m2 |
| Total floor area | 20438 m2 |
| Internal exhibition area | 4600 m2 |
| External exhibition area | 1200 m2 |
| Height | 52 m at street level |
| Floors | 9 |
| Theatre | 170 seats |
| Awards and certificates | LEED Gold |
Credits
| Client | The Whitney Museum of American Art |
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| Architect | Renzo Piano Building Workshop, architects in collaboration with Cooper Robertson & Partners (New York) |
| Consultants | Robert Silman Associates (structure); Ove Arup & Partners (building services and daylighting studies) |
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