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OAKLAND OAKLAND MUSEUM OF MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIACALIFORNIACody Vantrease
WHY?
FACTS & NUMBERSFACTS & NUMBERS• Formally the Oakland
Museum; AKA OCMA• Architect: Kevin Roche • Landscape Designer: Dan
Kiley • Gardens: Geraldine Knight
Scott• Collections: Art, History,
Natural Sciences• Renovators: Mark
Cavagnero Associates
• Opened 1969• Sits on 7.7 acres• 300,000 sq ft• 62$ million renovation in
2010• 1.8 million objects
TTRRAANNSSFFOORRMMAATTIIOONN• potentially dismissive from those unbeknownst at the human level• over-integration of the natural
SITE DESIGN STRATEGIES
• complement natural surroundings• signify design from multiple distances• intersect forms: natural + synthetic• creates landmark
• hierarchy: creates, promotes, evokes responses
• emphasizes contrast• parts to whole
SITE DESIGN STRATEGIES
SITE DESIGNSTRATEGIES
• bring outside, inside• intersect forms
• use of natural light• sense of weight