• Login / Join
  • About
  • •
  • Contact
  • •
  • Advertising
bustler logo
bustler logo
  • News
  • Competitions
  • Events
  • Bustler is powered by Archinect
  • Sign up for Bustler's Email Newsletters

  • Follow these Bustler feeds:

  • Search

    Search in

  • Submit

    What are you submitting?

    News Pitch
    Competition
    Event
  • Login / Join
  • News|Competitions|Events
  • Search
    | Submit
    | Follow
  • Search in

    What are you submitting?

    News Pitch
    Competition
    Event

    Follow these Bustler feeds:

  • About|Contact|Advertising
  • Login / Join

Snarkitecture brings the BEACH indoors at the National Building Museum this summer

By Bustler Editors|

Thursday, Apr 16, 2015

Courtesy of Snarkitecture.

Following the success of Bjarke Ingels Group's BIG Maze last summer, the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. commissioned Brooklyn-based Snarkitecture to take the stage in the iconic Great Hall and transform it into a giant indoor BEACH, starting on July 4.

The BEACH is a 10,000 sq.ft installation that'll welcome visitors to "splash" in an "ocean" consisting of nearly 1 million recyclable translucent plastic balls, or relax on beach chairs and under umbrellas on the "shoreline" -- all bedecked in Snarkitecture's signature monochromatic white. No need to change into swimwear!

As part of the Museum's annual Summer Block Party, the exhibition will be open until Labor Day, September 7, 2015. Might as well start making those summer plans now.

Dive into the details below.

"The BEACH will be contained within an enclosure and built out of construction materials such as scaffolding,  wooden panels, and perforated mesh, all clad in stark white. Monochromatic beach chairs and umbrellas will sprinkle the 50-foot wide 'shoreline,' and the 'ocean' will culminate in a mirrored wall that creates a seemingly infinite reflected expanse. Visitors are welcome to 'swim' in the ocean, or can spend an afternoon at the 'shore’s' edge reading a good book, play beach-related activities  such as paddleball, grab a refreshing drink at the snack bar, or dangle their feet in the ocean off the pier."

The Museum is also planning a snack concession inside the BEACH, to be operated through a partnership with D.C.-based Union Kitchen.

Courtesy of Snarkitecture.

“'We see the commission as an exciting  opportunity to creat e an architectural installation that reimagines the  qualities and possibilities of material, encourages exploration and interaction with one’s surroundings, and offers an unexpected and memorable landscape for visitors to relax and socialize within,'” said Snarkitecture co-founder Alex Mustonen in a statement.

More info here.

Related

washington d.c. ● summer ● snarkitecture ● national building museum ● installation ● exhibition ● beach

Share

  • Follow

    0 Comments

  • Comment as :

Snarkitecture brings the BEACH indoors at the National Building Museum this summer

Sponsored Post by Buildner

The Home of Shadows FINAL registration deadline is approaching!

Tables! Tables! Tables! unpacks the Eameses' underappreciated mastery of everyday design

Nigerian architect, sculptor, and designer Demas Nwoko receives the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement

Check out the 22 projects just named winners of WoodWorks' 2023 Wood Design Awards

Sponsored Post by Buildner

MICROHOME / Edition #6 advance registration deadline is approaching!

Sponsored Post by Buildner

Milan Affordable Housing Challenge FINAL registration deadline is approaching!

Taller | Mauricio Rocha’s Anahuacalli Museum expansion is the 2023 Mies Crown Hall Americas Prize winner

Toni L. Griffin awarded the 2023 Special Recognition for Architecture, Design, and Urbanism by the SOM Foundation

Sign up for Bustler's Email Newsletters

Winners unveiled for Volume Zero's Tiny House 2022 competition

45 winners announced for the 2022 Brick in Architecture Awards

Michael Murphy and Michael Ford announced as keynote speakers for 2023 NeoCon

GSA announced 2022 Design Awards winners

Winners of Buildner's Rammed Earth Pavilion competition explore the beauty of alternative materials

Chicago Architecture Center features 42 design proposals in a new exhibition that addresses 'missing middle density' housing

Now on display in Japan, Heatherwick Studio's new exhibition opens at the Mori Art Museum

Next page » Loading

Snarkitecture brings the BEACH indoors at the National Building Museum this summer

By Bustler Editors|

Thursday, Apr 16, 2015

Share

Courtesy of Snarkitecture.

Related

washington d.c. ● summer ● snarkitecture ● national building museum ● installation ● exhibition ● beach

Following the success of Bjarke Ingels Group's BIG Maze last summer, the National Building Museum in Washington D.C. commissioned Brooklyn-based Snarkitecture to take the stage in the iconic Great Hall and transform it into a giant indoor BEACH, starting on July 4.

The BEACH is a 10,000 sq.ft installation that'll welcome visitors to "splash" in an "ocean" consisting of nearly 1 million recyclable translucent plastic balls, or relax on beach chairs and under umbrellas on the "shoreline" -- all bedecked in Snarkitecture's signature monochromatic white. No need to change into swimwear!

As part of the Museum's annual Summer Block Party, the exhibition will be open until Labor Day, September 7, 2015. Might as well start making those summer plans now.

Dive into the details below.

"The BEACH will be contained within an enclosure and built out of construction materials such as scaffolding,  wooden panels, and perforated mesh, all clad in stark white. Monochromatic beach chairs and umbrellas will sprinkle the 50-foot wide 'shoreline,' and the 'ocean' will culminate in a mirrored wall that creates a seemingly infinite reflected expanse. Visitors are welcome to 'swim' in the ocean, or can spend an afternoon at the 'shore’s' edge reading a good book, play beach-related activities  such as paddleball, grab a refreshing drink at the snack bar, or dangle their feet in the ocean off the pier."

The Museum is also planning a snack concession inside the BEACH, to be operated through a partnership with D.C.-based Union Kitchen.

Courtesy of Snarkitecture.

“'We see the commission as an exciting  opportunity to creat e an architectural installation that reimagines the  qualities and possibilities of material, encourages exploration and interaction with one’s surroundings, and offers an unexpected and memorable landscape for visitors to relax and socialize within,'” said Snarkitecture co-founder Alex Mustonen in a statement.

More info here.

Share

  • Follow

    0 Comments

  • Comment as :

Archinect JobsArchinect Jobs

The Archinect Job Board attracts the world's top architectural design talents.

VIEW ALL JOBS POST A JOB

Residential Project Manager/Designer

Neal Beckstedt Studio

Residential Project Manager/Designer

New York, NY, US

Project Architect

AUX Architecture

Project Architect

Los Angeles, CA, US

Project Architect

Bright Architecture

Project Architect

Brooklyn, NY, US

Corporate Marketing Director

NAC Architecture

Corporate Marketing Director

Los Angeles, CA, US

Project Captain

Studio of Relativity, Inc. dba Relativity Architects

Project Captain

Colorado Springs, CO, US

Marketing Assistant | Office Manager

Steven Holl Architects

Marketing Assistant | Office Manager

New York, NY, US

Designer

Meier Partners

Designer

New York, NY, US

Lecturer/senior lecturer in architecture

Norwich University of the Arts

Lecturer/senior lecturer in architecture

Norwich, GB

Project Architect / Designer

Tom Wiscombe Architecture

Project Architect / Designer

Los Angeles, CA, US

Design Professional

Orion Cityscape

Design Professional

Los Angeles, CA, US

Next page » Loading