There are two galleries adjacent to the new Welcome Center at the Smithsonian National Building Museum that deserve visiting. They focus on the ways the materials used interact with the architecture created. I found them both full of interesting displays and information.
Before you enter the first gallery, a explanation appears on the wall in the Welcome Center next to the entrance. In part, it reads: "Who builds, and what, where, when, why, how, and for whom we build--truly matter. This belief grounds all of the National Building Museum's exhibitions and programs."
Preparing to enter the first gallery
The room is anchored by a huge table with transparent skylines from major American Cities. Each wall is covered with a single huge image while a raised banner connects them on either side of the entrance and exit. It is covered with ideas and images around our built environment.
This section explores three concepts in relationship to our built spaces: "Everyday," "Extraordinary," and "Overlooked."
Can you see any familiar silhouettes? The US Capitol and Lincoln's Memorial in the foreground. Behind the Capitol, Chicago's Willis Tower.
The second room was about materials and the uses both aesthetic and practical. The bands of designs on the walls are three-dimensional, life-sized representations of the ways materials are used in the building featured on the wall band in this room.
An apartment building in Binh Thanh, Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam; built in 2016
EarthCam Corporate Headquarters in Upper Saddle River, New Jersey; built in 2018
Gantenbien Winery Addition in Flasch, Switzerland; built in 2006
Hooper House II in Baltimore, Maryland; built in 1959
The pipes on the left represent France's Pompidou Center
The central table in this room offer up a variety of building materials for your visual and tactile senses to explore.
How many types of plywood/pressed wood products are there?
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