The $465-million Gilder Center wing gives the AMNH new attractions and is one of the most fascinating works of architecture to come along in a generation
There’s a new canyon in the middle of Manhattan. Just off Columbus Avenue, the doors to the Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History open onto what seem to be curving formations of stone. Their stubbly walls curve and swoop up to a fifth-floor ceiling where round skylights let in the sun.
The atrium’s curves were created through shotcrete, a technique in which liquid concrete is sprayed onto steel forms.The project’s lead architect, Jeanne Gang, describes the central atrium as “a connective space” that spurs curiosity. She and her Chicago-based firm Studio Gang studied the geometry of canyons and caves, “where one can see how the natural forces shaped the material and shaped our world,” she said. “Their curvature and porosity encourage flow and movement.
Off the main atrium, a new insectarium stands ready to welcome visitors. When I visited, the leafcutter ants were busy: They harvested bits of forsythia, then carried them across a transparent bridge to fertilize their fungal nests.
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