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Creating additional space for the Morgan Library in the heart of Manhattan was a particular challenge. This elegant group of buildings, a ‘village of memory’ is surrounded by the dense urban fabric of New York City, a seemingly solid physical barrier around the site.
Renzo Piano Building Workshop United States Con su estética fabril y sus guiños constructivistas, el Museo Whitney se hace eco de su singular entorno urbano y es quizá la mejor obra de la trayectoria reciente de Piano.
Instalada en un edificio diseñado en 1906 por los arquitectos de Nueva York McKim, Mead & White, se ampliaría en 1928 con el llamado Annex Building, y después en varias ocasiones hasta incluir la mansión original de la familia Morgan, constituyendo así un centro para el estudio.
Title: Renovation and expansion of the Morgan Library - 1_MOR_MD_010 Author: Fondazione Renzo Piano Created Date: 4/22/2019 11:51:07 AM
Renovation and expansion of the Morgan Library. In 2000, RPBW was commissioned to expand the Morgan Library. The site did not allow extensions in the direction of the surrounding streets (Madison Avenue, 36th and 37th) but only in the space between the existing ones. Any intervention should therefore be carried out within the existing perimeter ...
As a result of this growth, more space was needed to enable the Morgan to fulfill its dual mission as an independent research library for scholars and an elegant museum for the general public. 37th Street side of model with Morgan House (right) © 2002 Renzo Piano Building Workshop and The Morgan Library & Museum.
When it was time to add new rooms to the Morgan Library, an elegant “village of memory” in the heart of Manhattan, the challenge of the seemly solid physical barrier presented by the density of the urban fabric there had to be overcome.
