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Iranian Farshid Moussavi, principal of
FOA said this week, "As FOA's first museum and first
U.S. commission, this is an especially meaningful and
inspirational project for us. Museums today are not just
homes for art, but serve multiple functions and host a
variety of activities. Our design for MOCA Cleveland
aims to provide visitors with a museum that is a dynamic
public space in which to experience contemporary art in
its infinite manifestations."
London based Foreign Office
Architects reveal their designs for the $26m Cleveland
Museum for contemporary art.
This bold design reflects Cleveland’s new direction,
embracing its vibrant service industry and shrugging off
the remains of its heavy manufacturing origins. The city
has worked hard on its regeneration program and is now
considered an exemplar for public-private partnerships,
downtown revitalization, and urban renaissance.
At 34,000 sq ft, the museum is still small, in fact
less than a tenth of London’s Tate Modern which weighs
in at 371,350 sq ft but the bar has been raised on this
building type since 1997 with the opening of Frank
Gehry’s Guggenheim Museum which launched Bilbao onto the
world stage.
The site is suitably dominant, wedged between the
corner of Euclid Avenue and Mayfield Road, where it will
act as the gateway to the Uptown project, a $150
million-plus development aimed at revitalising an urban
dead zone with shops, restaurants, apartments and
culture.
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