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Diller Scofidio+Renfro

Broad Museum . Los Angeles
© Benny Chan / The Broad and Diller Scofidio + Renfro
© Benny Chan / The Broad and Diller Scofidio + Renfro

dsrny . photos: © Iwan Baan / The Broad and Diller Scofidio + Renfro . + Los Angeles Times . archdaily

The museum’s design merges the two key programs of the building: public exhibition space and the archive/storage that will support The Broad Art Foundation’s lending activities. Rather than relegate the archive/storage to secondary status, “the vault” plays a key role in shaping the museum experience from entry to exit. Its heavy opaque mass is always in view, hovering midway in the building. Its carved underside shapes the lobby below and public circulation routes. Its top surface is the floor of the exhibition space. Continue reading Diller Scofidio+Renfro