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 conservation intervention involving an unusually inseparable relationship between art, architecture, daylight and desert landscape. It will require moving Judd’s 100 aluminum works for the first time since installation and brings together a notable architecture, engineering and conservation team.
Location
The Chinati Foundation, former Fort D.A. Russell, Marfa, Texas, United States
Organizations
The Chinati Foundation — Client, collection steward and project lead; Schaum Architects — Architectural design; Getty Conservation Institute — Artwork and conservation consulting; Alfred Lippincott — Artwork and conservation consultant; original fabricator; TYLin — Structural engineering; Simpson Gumpertz & Heger — Building-envelope and fire-protection consulting; Dept. — Landscape design; Transsolar KlimaEngineering — Sustainability consulting; Higgins Quasebarth & Partners — Historic-preservation consulting
A consequential preservation project where architecture, conservation, landscape and Donald Judd’s site-specific art are inseparable. The newly launched campaign gives editors an opportunity to examine how the museum will improve environmental performance and access without compromising Judd’s interventions.
Location
The Chinati Foundation, 1 Cavalry Row, Marfa, Texas, United States
Organizations
The Chinati Foundation — Owner, museum and project steward; Schaum Architects — Restoration architect; Troy Schaum is leading architectural studies and preservation work; Getty Conservation Institute — Artwork and conservation partner; Lippincott, LLC — Original artwork fabricator and conservation collaborator
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
