the nomadic museum - construction photos

construction

construction photos

07.23.2005 - paris meeting with shigeru ban

09.06.2005 - peck and hale visit

09.14.2005 - design workshop santa monica

10.30.2005 - container selection, long beach

11.02.2005 - fenced site, anchor markings

11.03.2005 - arrival of the big rig, anchor cuts

11.05.2005 - pre-drilling

11.07.2005 - chance anchor testing

11.14.2005 - chance anchors arrive

11.16.2005 - chance anchors in ground, containers arrive

11.18.2005 - containers go up, final holes drilled

11.21.2005 - shigeru ban & team site walkthrough

11.26.2005 - containers stacked 4 high

11.28.2005 - all containers up, tenta roof arrives

11.29.2005 - evening and nighttime images

11.30.2005 - roof assembly & cherrypicker shots

12.02.2005 - first trusses up, material details

12.03.2005 - roof construction west hall

12.05.2005 - west hall roof trusses complete, membrane

12.09.2005 - triangle trusses up, east hall roof begins

12.12.2005 - triangles up, infill panel test

12.15.2005 - infill panels, central roof trusses, colonnade

12.19.2005 - bookstore, flooring, nighttime work

12.21.2005 - central roof purlins installed, wide shots

12.23.2005 - central roof membrane

12.24.2005 - cinema membrane, teabag panel

12.26.2005 - central roof gutter, haiku flooring

The 56,000 square foot Nomadic Museum, designed by THE architect, Shigeru Ban, is PRIMARILY constructed of recyclable and reusable materials. One hundred thirty-six steel cargo containers stacked in a checkerboard pattern 34 feet high to form the walls of the three wings of the museum. The Nomadic Museum provides a transitory environment that evokes the journey as it travels to ports of calls around the globe.

The structure, which will be disassembled and reconstructed as Ashes and Snow travels, provides a transitory environment that evokes the journey of the exhibition Sustainable post-industrial design utilizing recycled and reusable materials. The Museum is constructed of 152 steel cargo containers. The majority of the shipping containers are rented, while the remainder will be used to transport the museum as it travels from venue to venue. The containers are stacked in a checkerboard pattern 34 feet high to form the walls of the three wings of the museum, and the openings between the containers are secured with a diagonal membrane panels. The total height of the museum, including the peaked roof, is 56 feet.

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