MAD ( stylelife )

What you see is what you get. The choice to commission Allied Works Architecture to gut renovate the controversial and elegantly odd Huntington Hartford building at 2 Columbus Circle in Manhattan reflected the Museum of Arts & Design’s long-standing criteria for selecting all of its artists and designers: Allied was chosen, in part, because they were emerging, not yet made men. The façade the firm designed is as much a work of craftsmanship as many of the objects in the museum’s permanent collection, of which the building’s design will finally allow permanent display after half a century in storage. In fact, a number of architectural elements echo the values and goals of the museum, which centers on three-dimensional objects handmade through an alliance of art and industry. The architect’s choice to pay close attention to material and process—in effect, creating a building that is a vast crafted object—suited MAD perfectly

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The new home of the Museum of Arts & Design is one of the few freestanding buildings in New York. This unique characteristic offered the architects the rare New York opportunity to work on a building that receives light on every side.

 MAD’s new design allows the look of the building to change with the weather. “On overcast days the whole building shimmers,” says Kyle Lommen.

MAD’s location at 2 Columbus Circle places it at the center of New York City activity.

Among works by 40 artists in MAD’s inaugural exhibition is Susie MacMurray’s A Mixture of Frailties, 2004, made from latex dishwashing gloves.

http://www.americancraftmag.org/article.php?id=5060

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