SHoP extends Santa Fe art gallery with folded aluminium corner
For the renovation of contemporary art gallery SITE Santa Fe, New York-based SHoP Architects has added a pair of pointed courtyards wrapped with diamond-patterned perforated aluminium.
SHoP Architects renovated and extended SITE Sante Fe's former beer warehouse building to create extra gallery spaces, a new public entrance, and indoor and outdoor spaces for its growing audience.
Two extensions are set each end of the building in the New Mexico capital. The aluminium cladding these volumes is intended to complement the railyard facing the gallery on the city's Paseo de Peralta.
"The folded, perforated-aluminum facade system 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," said the architects in a statement.
"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," it added.
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