Nasher Sculpture Center

Nasher Sculpture Center

According to the customer’s requests, the museum had to be a quiet place – an oasis amid the local skyscrapers. The project’s aim was therefore to create a museum-garden that would astound the city from a sociological and anthropological standpoint (as if an archaeological find were to have suddenly been uncovered in the heart of a modern metropolis).

Project data

Design

1999 - 2001

Construction

2001 - 2003

Site area

9.000 m2

Total floor area

5.342  m2

Garden area

6.677 m2

Height

7,3 m

Floors

1 + 1 basement

Auditorium

200 seats indoor

120 seats outdoor

Credits

Client

The Nasher Foundation

Architect

Renzo Piano Building Workshop, architects 

Consultants

Peter Walker & Partners (landscape architect); Ove Arup & Partners (structure and services); Interloop A/D (consulting architect); Beck Architecture (local consulting architect). 
General Contractor: HCBeck