Materiality & Assembly / Field trip 6 / Uptown

Field Trip Stops:

1.MUSEUM OF ART AND DESIGN

Concrete

Concrete has been used in the pillars of the interiors. These pillars are a small remanence of the buildings past, giving the visitors to the museum the ability to be aware of the buildings lifespan and history. Due to the pillars unusual shapes, it gives the building a unique quality, allowing it to stand out in comparison to others in the area and across the city.

Stone

The flooring of the interior of the museum is a matte polished finished stone. The most interesting part of the stone flooring is the iridescent quality that it gives off. When walking, people are able to see the glimmering and shiny quality that the floor gives off. The designers of the interior of this building chose this particular stone because of how the iridescent quality matches the exterior of the building, giving the visitors to the museum an interesting spatial experience, while respecting the deep intelligence of the designers.

Steel

The stairs in the interior of this building are fully suspended by steel cables. This material choice gives off the illusion that the whole stair is sort of floating. This giving an extremely interesting and important spatial experience to the visitors of the museum.

 

Oak Wood

The raisers and steps of the stairs that are connected to the steel cables are made of Oak wood. This material choice fits well with the rest of the interior due to its clean and simple look, and its lighter tones that brighten up the space and the stairwell.

Curtain Wall

On the exterior of this building, a curtain wall is used. This means that the entire wall is actually self-supporting, as it connects to the floor plates of the building. This gives a very interesting material quality to the exterior of the building.

Glass

The lower part of the facade of the building is made up of fritted glass. This up close has a very intricate and interesting material quality to it. It is only when you get very close to the glass is when you can appreciate the detail put into it. This giving an interesting experience for the people who pass by the building.

Terra-Cotta Tiles

The upper facade of the building is constructed out of terra cotta tiles. They have been glazed with an iridescent quality to it. This was chosen because of how much direct light the building is exposed to during the day, thus the light its taken advantage of to give the building a glimmering and amazing quality for people walking by, as well as in nearby buildings, to admire. Also, this iridescent quality is what connects the flooring of the interior  to the exterior.

2. DAVID RUBENSTEIN ATRIUM

Plants

The plant wall that is seen upon entry of the building gives the interior building a fresh and clean feeling and spatial experience. It is a nice element in the buildings interior because it gives the people a break from the busy and not so green streets of New York.

Slate

This Slate stone floor is a polished version, that has a cleft finish. This finish shows the wear and tear that the floor endures, that is actually a really interesting quality to give off. This is because it shows how the space has been used over time, highlighting its history.

Marble

A bench that is seen upon entry of the building is a very beautiful and interesting type of marble. It is a honed finish, but due to the wear and tear on the bench, it gives off a polished quality. This, similar to the flooring, gives an interesting spatial experience to the visitors to the atrium.

Limestone

Limestone has been used as a wall application in this space, which gives a clean and fresh look to the interior, which goes well with the interior design as a whole.

Felted Panels

Some of the walls in the building are made up of felted panels. Not only is this material used as a piece of art in the space, but it actually has a very important technical importance to the space. These panels are used in controlling the sound in the space, softening it to create an environment that is much more calm and quiet in comparison to what it would be without them – loud and busy, like a New York City street.

Granite

Black granite has been used surrounding a water fountain that is near the entrance of this building. Not only is the granite a very nice touch to the fountain, but the water is also an important quality to the interior design. This is because it actually also assists in calming the sound in the space – similarly to the felted panels.

Metal Wall Paneling

This wall Paneling is also used as a type of noise/sound control in this massive atrium. The woven metal wall allows for sound to be absorbed in the pockets of the mesh, again assisting in calming the noise within the interior.

3. LINCOLN CENTER

Glass

Fritted glass is seen upon entry of the exterior of the building, giving an interesting quality to the stair guards of the entire structure.

Cladded Limestone

Cladded Limestone is seen in the building supports and pillars on the exterior of the building. People are able to see the sediment and porousness that the stone has. Also, it has a sandy material quality to it. This gives the building a consistent and interesting feel to its exterior for people passing by the structure.

Limestone and Terrazzo Concrete

The interior floors are made up of one of the most amazing materials we have come across yet on our field trips. It is a poured concrete floor that has chances of limestone inside of it, this giving an interesting and unusual look to the floors, allowing people to stop and admire what they are walking on. The colours of this material has been chosen carefully to match up with the colour palette of the rest of the interior.

Limestone -Staggered

The interior walls of this space are made up of a staggered limestone. Which gives it a similar but not identical material quality to the exterior of the building, which creates a perfect relationship between the two spaces.

Brass

Brass has been used as an accent metal on the railings, doors, and even garbage cans within the space. This was chosen to work well with the other colours and materials within the space. This accent gives the interior of the building a very elegant and fancy feel to it.

4. ALICE TULLY HALL

Glass

The exterior of this building is made up of a cable supported glass system. Tension has been used from both ends of the cables to hold up the glass on its own, eliminating the need for any other kind of supports. No mullions are used, simply silicone is used to keep the different glass panels together.

Curtain Wall

A curtain wall is used inside of part of the glass facade of the building. One of the most amazing parts of this curtain wall is that it actually transforms and continues as the interior wall cladding of the building, rather than just ending at the entrance. This creates a consistent and clean finish when looking at the building from both the exterior and upon entry.