Not All White Walls
- Year
- 2019
- Category
- Concepts · Architecture +Color
- Type
- Commercial
- Status
- Built
- Firm
- Palmyra PLLC
- Location
- San Francisco, United States
The project was commissioned by California College of the Arts to showcase a wide range of work from different creative disciplines without sacrificing a cohesive attitude towards the space, a legible overall organization, and an equitable distribution of exhibition space among the disciplines. The design sought to eliminate spatial hierarchies created by the existing architecture, which consists of a 343’-long by 33’-wide central Nave and smaller adjoining rooms. With cost being a major limitation in this project, the proposed intervention was focused on working with lost-cost materials and existing architectural elements such as movable partitions and three-dimensional framing devices and repurposing existing objects such as pedestals.
The project was commissioned by California College of the Arts to showcase a wide range of work from different creative disciplines without sacrificing a cohesive attitude towards the space, a legible overall organization, and an equitable distribution of exhibition space among the disciplines. The design sought to eliminate spatial hierarchies created by the existing architecture, which consists of a 343’-long by 33’-wide central Nave and smaller adjoining rooms. With cost being a major limitation in this project, the proposed intervention was focused on working with lost-cost materials and existing architectural elements such as movable partitions and three-dimensional framing devices and repurposing existing objects such as pedestals.