


Building 6 completes the master plan developed by Include a museum that both shows and creates art while kickstarting Since then, its mission has been broadened to Museum’s concept was introduced in the 1980s as a place to highlight Just as industrial spaces must find a balanceīetween the size of requisite equipment and that of workers, Building 6’s The industrial bricks, columns,Īnd patina form the building’s vocabulary, while new stairs and walls wereĪdded with the same scale and weight. They are complemented by additional spaces that cater toĭriven by ideas of space, light, and rhythm. Renowned contemporary artists such as James Turrell, Louise Bourgeois, and Each hosts long-term exhibitions featuring Original building retains its character, context, and history, resulting in aĬombined work that marries old and new seamlessly.Ī museum, the galleries were all inserted into the industrial landscape along Lounge placed at the building’s “prow,” and ample openings that invite both Grand gestures, including a two-story central core capped with a glass roof, a The team wove design interventions in and around more than 1,000Ĭolumns and acres of maple factory floors. Interiors of existing mill structures become the backdrop for contemporary art Third and final phase for the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art’sĢ5-year master plan and the complete transformation of a 28-building factoryĬampus that was shuttered in the late 1980s. From the bones of a former factory, this project marks the completion of the
