Designboom: Magazzino Italian Art Pavilion by Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo Completes

The Magazzino Italian Art Museum’s extension in Cold Springs, NY, is now complete. Designed by architects Alberto Campo Baeza and Miguel Quismondo, the expansion is titled Robert Olnick Pavilion and takes shape as a rectangular two-story building with square openings strategically carved into its cubic concrete structure. These openings allow natural light to flood the interior throughout the day, creating a captivating spatial ambiance that enhances the exhibition space.

The new pavilion at Magazzino Museum (find more here) houses the Murano glass collection, the cafeteria, and more exhibition spaces. Alberto Campo Baeza (find more here) and Miguel Quismondo (find more here) put special emphasis on the main exhibit area, which is a white, cubic, isotropic space that accommodates temporary exhibitions and serves as a focal point of the museum. ‘Isotropic space, as defined by the dictionary of the Royal Academy, has the same characteristics in all directions and from any point. If we could fly from the center, the space would be identical in all directions,’ the architects explain.