all images courtesy of Steven Holl Architects

Steven Holl Architect’s model for the new Mumbai City Museum, North Wing will be on view next weekend at India Arch Dialogue 2016. The group exhibition will open February 12 at NSIC Ground, Okhla, New Delhi and will feature architectural models from 10 renowned architecture firms. Steven Holl Architects won the competition for the new North Wing of the Mumbai City Museum in December of 2014.

Mumbai’s oldest museum garden in Byculla will have a 125,000 sq ft new wing. The Mumbai City Museum’s North Wing addition is envisioned as a sculpted subtraction from a simple geometry formed by the site boundaries. The concept of “Addition as Subtraction” is developed in white concrete with sculpted diffused light in the 65,000 sq ft new gallery spaces. Deeper subtractive cuts bring in exactly twenty-five lumens of natural light to each gallery. 

pool view

path view

lobby view

model view

Project Facts

Architect: Steven Holl Architects

Steven Holl (design architect)
Chris McVoy (project advisor)
Noah Yaffe (partner in charge)
Yun Shi (project architect)
Xi Chen, Michael Haddy, Filipe Taboada (project team)

Associate architects: Opolis Architects, Rahul Gore, Sonal Sanchetti (principal)

Structural engineer: Guy Nordenson & Associates

Sustainability engineer: Transsolar

Lighting consultant: L'Observatoire International

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