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Aug 21, 2018
SITE Santa Fe New Mexico Competition 2017
Design: SHoP Architects
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
SITE Santa Fe New Mexico Competition in 2017
Photos of SITE © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
SHoP designed a comprehensive renovation and expansion of the exhibition and support spaces at SITE Santa Fe, one of the leading contemporary art institutions in the Southwest.
Behind the scenes, the project includes action to modernize environmental systems, provide the staff with new administrative and educational facilities, and streamline the handling and care for art in a reconfigured back-of-house. We are also expanding their existing building to provide several new galleries, a new public entry and gathering spaces indoors and out, as well as a new treatment for the building’s exterior.
The folded, perforated aluminum system defining the exterior of the building was carefully calibrated to be appropriate both for SITE’s immediate context in an old railyard, as well as in contrast to the traditional construction methods and effects that prevail in the surrounding cityscape.
The character of the new and renovated interior spaces was of particular concern for this project. SITE’s work as an innovative arts institution was at times restricted by the nature of their current building, a repurposed former beer warehouse.
The minimal upgrades and interventions they had performed over the last twenty years to make it a home for art had become part of their story, but the building nonetheless still posed significant limitations. As the organization matured, SITE was faced with the profound logistical demands relating to art handling and display that are common to museums everywhere.
By engaging fully with SITE’s administration and staff in an efficient process of discovery, we were able to develop a physical and material strategy for meeting their staging and support needs, while also designing new and renovated gallery spaces that meet the demands of their expanding audience.
The exuberant new exterior of the building is intended to signal a welcoming gesture to the community while also serving as an iconic new presence for the institution as it moves forward.
SITE Santa Fe Competition – Building Information
Architects: SHoP Architects
Client: SITE Santa Fe Contemporary Arts
General Contractor: Sarcon Construction Corporation
Photographers: Photos of SITE © Jeff Goldberg/Esto
Location: Santa Fe, New Mexico, USA
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