Corning Museum of Glass : Expansion Study Projects
New Glass Galleries : 2003-2007

A series of comprehensive feasibility and planning studies examining the development of three sites within the Corning Museum of Glass Houghton Park Campus in Corning, New York. These studies were initiated to identify locations for expansion of museum activities as they related to the need for New Contemporary Glass Galleries.

The studies included a new South Field Gallery (A) addition, a Infill Gallery (B) addition adjacent to the 1980 Birkerts building and a Roof Gallery (C) addition above the existing Steuben factory. Each study examined concepts for site circulation, access and adjacencies to existing and related areas as an extension of the existing organizational structure. Test-Fit Planning studies were developed as they related to function, site restrictions, existing conditions, proposed building and interior layouts. Support analysis of the 37,000 sq.ft comparative square foot allocations and outline budgets were developed for impact on future corporate capital expenditures.

Including site context studies, architecture concept studies and interior gallery visualization, the project proposal reinforced a curatorial initiative for open and flexible exhibit space, and a conceptual link to the Houghton Park Campus as a historical architectural continuum.