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The Whitney Museum of American Art Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and Cooper, Robertson & Partners, the 220,000 s.f. museum sits adjacent to the High Line in New York’s Meatpacking District at 99 Gansevoort Street. Given the complexity of the design, Turner provided four years of preconstruction services, including geothermal and environmental impact studies. Clad in enamel steel plate, the new Whiney features six levels above grade and two below. The museum provides larger gallery space, and additional areas for special exhibits and programs such as an 18,000 sf column-free gallery, a 170-seat theater overlooking the Hudson River, and conservation laboratories in the curatorial space. Critical to the project’s success was Turner’s ability to overcome the aftermath of Super Storm Sandy which flooded the site with six and half million gallons of seawater. After remediating the site, Turner and WTM Engineers design-built a flood mitigation system which includes a 27- foot-wide by 14- foot-tall flood gate weighing more than seven tons. This flood mitigation system safeguarded the Whitney’s space programing requirements, and set a new standard in flood protection and museum design.

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Page 1: The Whitney Museum of American Art

The Whitney Museum of American Art

Designed by Renzo Piano Building Workshop, and Cooper, Robertson & Partners, the 220,000

s.f. museum sits adjacent to the High Line in New York’s Meatpacking District at 99 Gansevoort

Street. Given the complexity of the design, Turner provided four years of preconstruction

services, including geothermal and environmental impact studies. Clad in enamel steel plate, the

new Whiney features six levels above grade and two below. The museum provides larger gallery

space, and additional areas for special exhibits and programs such as an 18,000 sf column-free

gallery, a 170-seat theater overlooking the Hudson River, and conservation laboratories in the

curatorial space.

Critical to the project’s success was Turner’s ability to overcome the aftermath of Super Storm

Sandy which flooded the site with six and half million gallons of seawater. After remediating

the site, Turner and WTM Engineers design-built a flood mitigation system which includes a 27-

foot-wide by 14-foot-tall flood gate weighing more than seven tons. This flood mitigation system

safeguarded the Whitney’s space programing requirements, and set a new standard in flood

protection and museum design.