SFMOMA
Mario Botta Architect
San Francisco, California
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SFMOMA Mario Botta Architect San Francisco, California
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About the building:
The SFMOMA is Mario Botta's first building in the United States (c. 1994). It is directly adjacent to Yerba Buena Gardens in the arts district of San Francisco.
http://www.plannet.com/features/botta.sfmoma.html
http://www.bluffton.edu/~sullivanm/sfmoma/sfmoma.html
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Front
view of gallery from Yerba Buena Gardens. |
The
pedestrian front of the building. |
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Side
emergency egress stairs. |
Detail
of exhaust vents along Minna Street. |
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Closer
view of the sloped glass skylight that provides daylight to the central
atrium of the building. |
Detail
of cut through skylight drum. |
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Masonry details. |
The brick cladding
used a prefabricated panel system that provided for much quality control
for the very intricate masonry detailing. |
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View out from
slit in striped drum to Yerba Buena Gardens. |
Although the
skylights were equipped with a multi layer screening device on the inside
to prevent UV from reaching the gallery below, some were also fitted with
custom covers to ensure a complete blackout of the spaces below. |
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last updated May 30, 2005
