Crocker Art Museum
Architects & Firms
Sacramento, California
Client: City of Sacramento / Crocker Art Museum Association (Not for Profit)
Completion Date: September 2010
Program: A 129,791-square-foot addition to the Crocker Art Museum, featuring exhibition galleries, a 260-seat auditorium, a double-height reception hall, offices, a store, and a café. The Crocker's existing buildings—a Victorian Italianate gallery and mansion—house Asian and European art, while the new wing focuses on contemporary art.
Design Concept and Solution: Charged with designing a contemporary building to host contemporary exhibitions, the Gwathmey Siegel team envisioned the complex as an architectural collage in which new and historic styles complement each other. They linked the L-shaped addition to the rear of the existing gallery building, creating a courtyard between the two. The new wing mirrors the height of the original, and the white and gray palette of its aluminum and zinc paneling offers a modern twist on the older structure's gray cement stucco and white trim. Visitors can move through the buildings seamlessly, beginning in the mansion with Asian art, followed by European art in the original gallery, and ending in the new wing with California art and temporary exhibitions.
Total construction cost: $78 million
Architect:
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates Architects
475 10th Avenue
New York, NY 10018
212-947-1240
212-967-0890
People
Owner
Architect
Personnel in architect's firm who should receive special credit: Associate Partner in Charge: Gerald Gendreau, AIA Project Architect: Zachary Moreland, AIA, LEED AP **All personnel listed are registered architects.
Local Architect (Historic Building Restoration & Site Work Coordination):
Engineer(s): MEP: Affiliated Engineers, Walnut Creek, CA Civil: Morton & Pitalo, Sacramento, CA
Consultant(s) Lighting: Hillman DiBernardo Leiter Castelli, New York, NY Acoustical: Charles M Salter Associates, San Francisco, CA
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ProductsStructural system: Structural Steel Fabrication – Gayle Manufacturing
Exterior cladding
Flat-lock Zinc Wall Panel – Rheinzink
Roofing
Windows
Glazing Skylights: Kalwall – Insulated Translucent Panel w/ Nano-Gel insulation.
Doors Rolling Doors: Cornell Iron Works Fire Rated Glass Doors: Safti-First Upswinging doors, other: Operable Partition: Modernfold
Hardware Hinges: Sargent / Rixon Closers: Sargent / LCN Exit devices: Sargent Pulls: Sargent Security devices: Hirsch / American Dynamics / Pelco Cabinet hardware: Blum
Interior finishes Suspension grid: Armstrong Optima Demountable partitions: ACME Cabinetwork and custom woodwork: Mission Bell Manufacturing, Paneling: Decoustics Special surfacing: Acoustic Plaster Ceilings – Fellert Floor and wall tile: Dal Carpet: Pacific Crest Wood Flooring: FSC Certified Solid White Oak Strip Terrazzo: Epoxy Terrazzo, Associated Terrazzo
Furnishings Reception furniture: Matteo Grassi Fixed seating: Theater Solutions Chairs: Café – Knoll, GF Office 40/4 Stacking Tables: Café – Knoll, Work Tables: Versteel
Lighting Downlights: General: Lightolier, Kurt Versen Exterior: Erco, Wila, Bega Controls: Lutron
Conveyance
Plumbing Lavatories: American Standard w/ Chicago Faucet Low-Flow Sensor |
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