Metadata
Title
Dematerialized Athenaeum: Creating Space to Collaborate
Creator
Curato, Emily
Location
Cumberland, ME, USA
Call Number
005-LF-S003
Date
2014
School
The Catholic University of America
Category
Student
Prize
3rd Place, Student Category
Project Assumption
The Athenaeum of 2050 will continue to hold and display the history of architecture, art, and literature of Philadelphia in the storage and exhibition spaces. The vast collections of rare architectural documents will become the new “Jewel and Ornament” of Philadelphia. Amongst these ‘artifacts’ people can come to collaborate and move in a more informal and free setting allowing an enhancement for members and the introduction of the public.
Project Statement
Taking from the informality of the adjacent Washington Square Park, the New Athenaeum will be a dematerialized building, creating an informal definition of spaces and movement. Providing more collaborative and interpersonal spaces while allowing for unpredictable growth of both program and collection in the future. The people are connected by the information stored on dynamic levels, holding Philadelphia’s history yet allowing the movement to let the history out into the city with people. The dynamic levels are both holding the storage and the building as these layers are usable storage.
Registration Number
46150260