New York Ecology Museum

A competition proposal for an ecology museum conceived as a living environmental instrument. A responsive outer screen wraps a transparent structural frame while flowing timber volumes create galleries, overlooks, and gathering spaces within.

Location
New York, New YorkYear
Competition projectType
Museum / EcologyStatus
Competition proposal

Pedestrian waterfront view of the New York Ecology Museum with Manhattan beyond — Brooklyn waterfront · Pedestrian approach

Axonometric view of the New York Ecology Museum from the park — Park approach · Axonometric study

Aerial axonometric view of the New York Ecology Museum — Urban context · Aerial study

Opposite axonometric view of the New York Ecology Museum — Museum envelope · Axonometric study

Cutaway axonometric showing timber gallery volumes inside the New York Ecology Museum — Interior volumes · Cutaway axonometric

Exploded axonometric assembly diagram for the New York Ecology Museum — Envelope and structure · Exploded diagram

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Design approach

The proposal explores architecture as an ecological interface. A field of responsive façade panels filters daylight and gives the museum a changing public identity, while a lightweight roof and exposed structural frame organize a family of carved timber rooms. The project develops these relationships through iterative modeling, environmental logic, and parametric studies.

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