Gwathmey Siegel & Associates
Teel Family Pavilion
Crocker Art Museum
Sacramento, California
Photo: Bruce Damonte
The Crocker Art Museum expansion complements the 125 year-old museum’s historic structures, which include one of the first purpose-built art museum buildings in the United States.
GSAA’s compositional strategy for the project was aimed at establishing a uniquely iconic presence for the new addition, while framing the existing complex in a coherent physical dynamic. The result is a collaged image for both the new and historic structures: the new addition is rotated on a due north/south axis, disengaging it from the existing orthogonal street grid and Crocker complex, which reinforces its contrapuntal siting and massing.
Photo: Bruce Damonte
Photo: Bruce Damonte
Photo: Bruce Damonte
Inside, the new galleries are directly connected to the existing Art Gallery building, allowing for a continuous circulation from the new to the old structures, both vertically and horizontally, and totally integrating the entire complex.
Photo: Bruce Damonte
Photo: Bruce Damonte
Photo: Bruce Damonte
Photo: Bruce Damonte
Photo: Bruce Damonte
Photo: Bruce Damonte
In addition to extensive new galleries for temporary exhibitions and the display of the Crocker’s permanent collection, The Teel Pavilion includes expanded educational and art studio space, a teacher resource center, a space for participatory arts programming for children and adults, an expanded library, and a new student exhibition space and teaching galleries. The expansion also provides space for on-site collections care and storage, as well as a new conservation lab.
New public amenities, including a 260-seat auditorium, a café with indoor and outdoor seating, and a redesigned Museum Store, are also included.
The Teel Family Pavilion more than triples the museum’s size and enhances its role as a cultural resource for California and the state’s many visitors. One of GSSA co-founder Charles Gwathmey's last major public projects.
Drawing courtesy Gwathmey Siegel & Associates
Site Plan Ground Floor Level
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Second Floor Plan
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Third Floor Plan
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Sections
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Model Site Plan
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Model North East Axonometric
Total area: 125,000 square feet
Completed: 2010
Client: Crocker Art Museum
Architects: Gwathmey Siegel & Associates
Project Architect: Gerald Gendreau
Gwathmey Siegel & Associates arcspace features
January 10, 2011
