Buffalo AKG Art Museum opens its new, OMA-designed home in the USA
Buffalo AKG Art Museum opens this month , inviting the public into its brand-new, OMA-designed home in New York state. When we first visited the project, a little over six months ago, the was still deep in construction. Now, it is reborn with a striking OMA-crafted extension , site-specific installations, and a new focus on the local community.
This cultural institution is celebrating an inspiring legacy – it is the sixth-oldest museum in the United States. Having undergone various iterations and additions in its long life , and under the guidance of current director Janne Sirén, it launched a new scheme for a refresh and extension by OMA. Now, it spans decades and styles, from the original 1905 building to a new three-storey, geometric structure.
Shigematsu said during our site visit last tyear: ‘Our focus was to present those efforts as a sign of openness, by having a space where people can improvise, and activities visible from outside – not about a closed authoritarian façade.' To that end, its ethereal volumes and glass transparency were very important: 'If you occupied the ground level with the galleries, then it would become another fortress,’ he added.
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