Neither of those Miami museums look like they are going to age well, though the art museum certainly fits the context.
They must be close together as they have the same background skyscrapers in the rendering.
I agree with found5dollar. It's not the most beautiful or inspiring building, but I think the current MoS building has its own appeal. I'd rather the museum spend its finances improving the exhibits --- the section on computers seems pretty weak for example (too bad the Computer Museum went to California).
The last time I was at the museum, it was enjoyable but the exhibits definitely paled in comparison to, say, the California Academy of Sciences.
Museum of Science lands $5M state grant for Hall of Human Life
By Marie Szaniszlo
Thursday, January 26, 2012
The Museum of Science, Boston, will begin construction this summer on the Hall of Human Life, expected to be one of the museum’s largest and most far-reaching exhibits.
Opening in July 2013, the 10,000-square-foot exhibit is designed to evolve with the accelerating breakthroughs in biology and biotechnology and spark visitors’ curiosity about innovations in the life sciences, address their concerns about health care, and help them develop the skills needed to make informed choices.
“This project will create jobs, advance knowledge of human biology, and inspire young people to pursue careers in the life sciences, key to positioning Massachusetts as a world leader in the life sciences,” Gov. Deval Patrick said in a statement.
The exhibit, which is expected to create up to 20 new jobs at the museum, will be made possible partly by a $5 million grant from the Massachusetts Life Sciences Center, the agency charged with implementing the state’s 10-year, $1 billion Life Sciences Initiative, proposed by Patrick in 2007 and passed by the Legislature in 2008.
The Museum of Science more than matched the grant by raising more than $11 million in supplemental funding.
One of the oldest and largest science museums in the United States, the museum has about 1.5 million visitors annually.
-— mszaniszlo@bostonherald.com
Building on the Museum's use and exhibition of the Wind Turbine Lab and Solar Photovoltaic Cells, the Campaign's sustainability priorities include installation of a cistern and swale system to harvest and cleanse rainwater from our rooftops for use in our restrooms. In addition, the Museum's parking garage will benefit from a greenwall makeover, with live vegetation that will decrease storm water runoff and provide a layer of natural sound insulation and cooling shade.
That's the impression I get--that this is mostly about renovating the Green Wing on the inside and draping plants on the outside.Is this all interior construction, in the existing building?
I hope it ends up looking like the living wall on the musée du quai Branly. That would be really rad.
Great idea! As we noted in the North Bank Bridge discussion (about access to the river on the *other* side of the viaduct) there's a huge potential for waterfront-access and small walkability enhancements in this area (even around the MDC 'wagon barns' on the corner there too).What I'd really like to see is the walkway extended all the way alongside the garage, so that people could walk behind the museum instead of in front of it to get from Cambridge to Boston.