"The Manhattan contemporary art museum temporarily shuttered in March 2024 to construct a 60,000-square-foot annex on Bowery that doubles its exhibition space to 20,000 square feet. Designed by the Office for Metropolitan Architecture's partners Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu with Cooper Robertson, the new complex uses laminated glass with metal mesh to create a crystalline facade that complements the SANAA-designed flagship without outshining it."
"Expansion has been a dream of museum officials since 2008, when they purchased the adjacent lot on 231 Bowery. Over the next eight years, they raised $43 million and hired architects to design the project. In 2019, they released renderings, which drew mixed reviews from the public. One anonymous comment on an article about the expansion by the East Village news site called the design "abominable and soulless." The renderings once again elicited strong reactions when they were shared on the museum's Instagram in 2024."
The New Museum closed in March 2024 for a nearly two-year expansion and will reopen to the public on March 21. The project built a 60,000-square-foot annex on Bowery that doubles exhibition space to 20,000 square feet. The seven-story addition, designed by OMA partners Rem Koolhaas and Shohei Shigematsu with Cooper Robertson, uses laminated glass and metal mesh to create a crystalline facade that complements the existing SANAA-designed flagship. Museum officials purchased the adjacent lot in 2008, raised $43 million over eight years, and released renderings that produced mixed public reactions. Free admission will be offered March 21–22, and the inaugural exhibition, New Humans: Memories of the Future, will feature work from more than 200 contributors exploring technology’s impact on human identity.
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