Simeon Bruner, Henry Moss, AIA, Jason Forney, FAIA (principals) Aoife Morris, AIA, George Gard, AIA, Stephanie Power, AIA, Lena Kozloski, AIA, Nat Crosby (project team)įire Protection (campus): Fire Protection ServicesĮnvironmental Consultant: GZA GeoEnvironmentalĬonstruction Manager: Gilbane Building Co.Ĭode and Fire Protection: Cosentini Associates Inviting, easily navigable, yet preserving the old building’s rough and rustic grandeur in a scheme that also preserves its embodied carbon, Building 6’s interior is as impressive as the art, without ever upstaging it.Īrchitect: Bruner/Cott Architects, Boston. Museumgoers enjoy views out to the waterways that surround the building while they explore galleries and special-purpose rooms inside, including a double-height lounge, an ingeniously configured James Turrell installation, and a lightbulb-filled hallway from artist Spencer Finch that has become an Instagram sensation. Using these elements as a starting point, Bruner/Cott wove a design that reimagines the building for its new role: At its heart, an airy, skylight-topped corridor serves as a spine, guiding visitors from gallery to gallery, each one slightly different in plan in order to foster different kinds of artistic encounters. The existing wedge-shaped structure marks the westernmost point of the campus, and features three floors totaling 130,000 square feet of exhibition space, all replete with original exposed-brick walls, gracious windows, and slender cast-iron columns. But the recent transformation of Building 6Įncapsulates the intrepid spirit of the whole institution in a single, sprawling interior. Boston-based Bruner/Cott & Associates has driven the adaptive reuse of the 20-building industrial campus into a world-class arts facility in several phases over the last 20 years. Its home since 1999 has been the Arnold Print Works complex, a defunct factory in the town of North Adams. Admission is $13 for Adults, $6 for children (4-17), and free for children 3 and under.This article appeared in the June 2020 issue of ARCHITECT.ĭeep in the heart of New England’s Berkshire Hills, the Massachusetts Museum of Contemporary Art (MASS MoCA) showcases some of the boldest and most challenging work of our time in a setting far removed from the typical exhibition environment. Open year-round Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. If you’re traveling with kids, there’s plenty for them to do here as well. You can also find work from influential artists including Norman Rockwell and Andy Warhol. This is where you’ll find a diverse collection of historical artifacts and scientific objects, ranging from an Egyptian mummy to a meteorite. The museum also has items that were significant in American history events, such as Nathaniel Hawthorne’s writing desk and various items from the first North Pole expedition. The goal when it opened in 1903 was to bring the beauty of each of these acclaimed museums to Western Massachusetts, an area not previously known for the arts. The Berkshire Museum’s inspiration came from a combination of three other museums: the American Museum for Natural Science, the Smithsonian and the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
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