Olympic Museum by Diller Scofidio + Renfro. Diller Scofidio + Renfro was selected to design the $60 million museum which will host a. For starters, the Museum unveiled Diller Scofidio + Renfro's initial design. Preliminary Design Concept for the United States Olympic Museum. DS + R is part of the team who won the commission in a competition last fall.
Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro“The design idealizes athletic motion by organizing its programs – galleries, auditorium, and administrative spaces – twisting and stretching centrifugally around an atrium space,”. “Visitors arrive at the ground level of the atrium, and then ascend to the top of the building quickly and gradually spiral down through a sequence of loft galleries, moving back-and-forth from the introspective atrium to the building’s perimeter and views to the city and the mountains. The museum and the landscape are designed to form a new public plaza, nestling a distant view of Pikes Peak and an intersecting axis bridging downtown across the train tracks to the America the Beautiful Park to the west.”. Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + RenfroNew renderings released with the announcement show the large public plaza activated with a glazed restaurant pavilion, sloping gardens and terraces, as well as paths for cycling in the summer and a possible skating rink in the winter.
A sculptural bridge will span over the adjacent railway to connect the complex to the 12-hectare America the Beautiful Park to the west.With construction now underway, completion of the project is slated for 2019.News via USOM.
Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + Renfro“The design idealizes athletic motion by organizing its programs – galleries, auditorium, and administrative spaces – twisting and stretching centrifugally around an atrium space,”. “Visitors arrive at the ground level of the atrium, and then ascend to the top of the building quickly and gradually spiral down through a sequence of loft galleries, moving back-and-forth from the introspective atrium to the building’s perimeter and views to the city and the mountains. The museum and the landscape are designed to form a new public plaza, nestling a distant view of Pikes Peak and an intersecting axis bridging downtown across the train tracks to the America the Beautiful Park to the west.”. Courtesy of Diller Scofidio + RenfroNew renderings released with the announcement show the large public plaza activated with a glazed restaurant pavilion, sloping gardens and terraces, as well as paths for cycling in the summer and a possible skating rink in the winter. A sculptural bridge will span over the adjacent railway to connect the complex to the 12-hectare America the Beautiful Park to the west.With construction now underway, completion of the project is slated for 2019.News via USOM.