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Architecture. Info. Overview. The Milwaukee Art Museum is an architectural landmark, comprised of three buildings designed by three legendary architects: Eero Saarinen, David Kahler, and Santiago Calatrava. Explore. War Memorial Center.
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Design Philosophy The Milwaukee Art Museum is one project that blurred the boundaries between engineering and architecture. It combined the latest technology with the strong craft tradition of Milwaukee. Calatrava’s proposal was a pavilion-type constructionon the axis with Wisconsin Avenue, the main street of the city center. The structure was evol...
There are multiple elements in the structure inspired by its location facing the lake: mobile steel blinds inspired by the wings of a bird, a wired pedestrian bridge with a raised mast inspired by the shape of a sailboat, and a curved galleryof a single floor resembling a wave. According to the architect, the design “responds to the culture of the ...
The 13,192 m² four-storied structure adds a variety of spaces to the museum, primarily public spaces. At the coast level, the expansion comprises a reception hall, an auditorium with 300 seats, meeting spaces, a store, an educational center with a conference room, and a 1500 m² gallery space for temporary exhibitions. The functional areas of the ma...
Construction Materials A massive white form of steel and concrete taking after the form of a ship, the Milwaukee Art Museum sets itself apart in both geometry and materials. The prominent use of reinforcedconcretewas an offshoot of the material’s fluidity and moldability. Metal and glass were the other primary materials put to use while constructin...
One of the first challenges while developing this project was designing the footing. The construction site was an abandoned landfill along the lakeshore. But below the filling level and the lake, there was a presence of competent bearing strata that could support construction. A base slab of concretewas designed to extend the load and allow the ins...
A cable-stayed pedestrian bridge 85.34m long, 4.87m wide with a 58.52m pylon that supports 10 main sections through 9 cables with closed bovine and 18 backup cables. With a span of 73 meters, the bridge links downtown Milwaukee to the museumperched at the lakeshore. The pylon of the bridge and the backbone of the pavilion are tilted 48 degrees to t...
The mobile sunscreen of the Milwaukee Art Museum is one of its sustainablefeatures. The sensors that cover the fins are constantly monitoring wind speed and direction. The wings are adjusted according to the wind as well as the light and shading requirements making it responsive to the weather. A 3,840 square foot green roof is a source of aestheti...
The Milwaukee Art Museum is an architectural landmark, comprising three buildings, each purposefully designed. Explore the buildings and their rich histories.
The museum houses nearly 25,000 works of art housed on four floors, with works from antiquity to the present. Included in the collection are 15th- to 20th-century European and 17th- to 20th-century American paintings, sculpture, prints, drawings, decorative arts, photographs, and folk and self-taught art.
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The Milwaukee Art Museum, which overlooks Lake Michigan, was partially housed in a building designed in 1957 by Eero Saarinen as a war memorial. From the outset, two lower floors were allocated for use as an art gallery. Further exhibition space was created in 1975 by David Kahler’s 160,000 square meter addition — a ….
Architect. Santiago Calatrava. Landscape Architect. Daniel Kiley, JJR Landscape Architecture. Structural Engineer. GRAEF, John Kissinger. Designed in. 1996. Built in. 2001. Built-up Area. 13.197m2. Location. 700 N. Art Museum Drive, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, Estados Unidos.
