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Where We Work
Explore the radical transformation taking place in the workplace, not only from the perspective of place and furniture but also location and proximity to home.
Where We Live
Examine case studies of the work of architects addressing issues related to home and housing.
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Discover alternate roles for the architect through national and world leaders who know what is expected and what is demanded of those who wish to lead.
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TP21b Bold, Brave, and Bracing: Boston's Institute of Contemporary Art HSW
05/14/2008, 12:00 PM - 2:30 PM


Learning Units: 2.00-Walking Tour
Training Units: 0.50-Training Area 3 (Schematic Design)

After 70 years at the leading edge of art in the city, the Institute of Contemporary Art (ICA) has opened a new, visionary building on the harbor at Fan Pier in South Boston. Designed by award-winning architects Diller Scofidio + Renfro, the building works both "from the sky down," as a contemplative space for experiencing contemporary art, and "from the ground up," providing dynamic areas for public enjoyment. The design weaves together interior and exterior space, producing shifting perspectives of the waterfront throughout the museum's galleries and public spaces. Come investigate this 62,000-square-foot building with its 18,000 square feet of galleries, a performing arts theater, a restaurant, a bookstore, education/workshop facilities, and more. Enjoy its stunning location on Boston Harbor. The Harborwalk metaphorically extends into the new building as a pliable wrapper, defining the ICA's major public spaces. The building literally folds up from the walkway into "grandstand" facing the water, and continues through the skin of the building to form a stage. The walk then turns up to form the theater seating, then seamlessly envelopes the theater space, ultimately, slipping out through the skin to produce the ceiling of the exterior public "room." Above the wrapper sits the "gallery box": a large exhibition space on one level that dramatically cantilevers over the Harborwalk toward the water.

Learning Objectives:
  • Explore how design supports the unpredictable forms in which contemporary artists work and where the public can experience performance, exhibition along new technologies, and art forms
  • Explore how the interface between the building and the harbor is expressed in plaza, stairways, cantilevers, and glass
  • Analyze the building's statement in the context of future development that will surround it with housing, office, and institutional uses
TP21b Wednesday, Noon-2:30p.m., $60

Sponsored by Arup

Core Discipline: Design