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SANAA designed the building from the inside out, providing
column-free, flexible exhibition space for the Museum, though
this concern does not fully explain the unique exterior. To
incorporate skylights to each gallery and the contextualize
with the lower building of the Bowery, the architects shifted
each floor in one of the cardinal directions to achieve these
ends. With differing floor heights for the galleries (the
23'-high 4th floor will allow large-scale artwork) and other
functions, the stacked boxes take on a random quality that
energizes the building, appropriate to its location (click
for section). The silvery galvanized,
zinc-plated steel of the exterior will help the building stand
out and give identity to the Museum, while also aging well
so their presence on the Bowery will be lasting.
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