SPACE May 2026 (No. 702)
Our first cultural institution in New York is a new addition to the New Museum, located next door to its iconic SANAA-designed building at 235 Bowery. The New Museum has been growing in number of visitors, exhibitions, and activities. Its diverse engagements, including its expansive education programmes, its cultural incubator NEW INC, and, of course, its globally recognised exhibition programme, have transformed the institution into a cultural laboratory. We were asked to add a new building that would provide much-needed space for its expanded activities and simultaneously reflect its increasingly public ambitions – duplicating the programme and square footage on a site immediately adjacent to the existing SANAA-designed building – part and counterpart, side-by-side.
©Jason Keen
Reciprocal Duplication: A Synergistic Pair
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OMA (Shohei Shigematsu, Rem Koolhaas)
Jake Forster, Jackie Woon Bae, Ninoslav Krgovic
235 Bowery, New York, U.S.
museum
B2, 7F
5,753.48m²
ARUP
F.J. Sciame Construction, Co., Inc.
82 million USD
Dot Dash
Langan
Cooper Robertson
FRONT INC.