OCMA Presentation

OAKLAND OAKLAND MUSEUM OF MUSEUM OF CALIFORNIACALIFORNIACody Vantrease

WHY?

FACTS & NUMBERSFACTS & NUMBERS• Formally the Oakland

Museum; AKA OCMA• Architect: Kevin Roche • Landscape Designer: Dan

Kiley • Gardens: Geraldine Knight

Scott• Collections: Art, History,

Natural Sciences• Renovators: Mark

Cavagnero Associates

• Opened 1969• Sits on 7.7 acres• 300,000 sq ft• 62$ million renovation in

2010• 1.8 million objects

TTRRAANNSSFFOORRMMAATTIIOONN• potentially dismissive from those unbeknownst at the human level• over-integration of the natural

SITE DESIGN STRATEGIES

• complement natural surroundings• signify design from multiple distances• intersect forms: natural + synthetic• creates landmark

• hierarchy: creates, promotes, evokes responses

• emphasizes contrast• parts to whole

SITE DESIGN STRATEGIES

SITE DESIGNSTRATEGIES

• bring outside, inside• intersect forms

• use of natural light• sense of weight