the veil and the vault
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The Veil and the Vault is the distinctive architectural concept behind The Broad museum in Los Angeles, featuring a porous, honeycomb-like exterior “veil” that wraps a solid “vault” housing the art collection.
Observed surface forms (2)
| Surface form | Occurrences |
|---|---|
| The Veil and the Vault | 0 |
| veil-and-vault | 1 |
Statements (43)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
architectural concept
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design strategy ⓘ |
| appliesTo | The Broad museum building ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
contemporary architecture
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parametric design ⓘ |
| associatedWith |
Diller Scofidio + Renfro
NERFINISHED
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Edye Broad NERFINISHED ⓘ Eli Broad NERFINISHED ⓘ Gensler NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| conceptualOpposition |
opaque vault
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transparent veil ⓘ |
| describedAs | porous, honeycomb-like exterior veil wrapping a solid vault ⓘ |
| designedFor |
art museum
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contemporary art collection ⓘ |
| feature |
central art storage vault
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daylight-filtering envelope ⓘ honeycomb-like façade ⓘ porous exterior skin ⓘ solid inner volume ⓘ structural exoskeleton ⓘ |
| hasPart |
vault
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veil ⓘ |
| influences |
lighting conditions in galleries
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structural organization of The Broad ⓘ visitor circulation through the building ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
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surface form:
California
Los Angeles ⓘ United States of America ⓘ
surface form:
United States
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| materialUsed |
glass fiber reinforced concrete panels
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reinforced concrete ⓘ steel structure ⓘ |
| partOf | The Broad NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| purpose |
to bring filtered natural light into gallery spaces
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to create a distinctive urban presence ⓘ to protect and house the art collection in a vault ⓘ to wrap the museum in a porous veil ⓘ |
| relatedTo |
environmental daylight control
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façade engineering ⓘ museum design ⓘ |
| usedBy |
The Broad marketing materials
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architectural critics ⓘ museum guides ⓘ |
| usedSince | 2015 ⓘ |
Referenced by (2)
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subject surface form:
The Broad
this entity surface form:
veil-and-vault