BIG’s first completed art museum is a significant new cultural complex that translates the spatial sequencing of Suzhou’s classical gardens into a contemporary pavilion system. Its formal opening converts a long-previewed project into a reportable completed building.
Location
No. 99 You’an Street, Suzhou Industrial Park, Suzhou, Jiangsu, China
Organizations
Suzhou Museum of Contemporary Art — Museum and operator; BIG – Bjarke Ingels Group — Design architect; Suzhou Industrial Park Administrative Committee — Public authority announcing the opening
This is a major preservation intervention where architecture, art conservation, desert ecology, accessibility, and the control of natural light must be reconciled without compromising Donald Judd’s site-specific installation.
Location
The Chinati Foundation, Marfa, Texas
Organizations
The Chinati Foundation — Owner and steward; Schaum Architects — Design architect; Getty Conservation Institute — Art conservation partner; Lippincott, LLC — Conservation partner and original artwork fabricator
