De Young Museum Facade
by Bonnie Follett
Title
De Young Museum Facade
Artist
Bonnie Follett
Medium
Photograph - Photograph
Description
De Young Museum Facade is a photograph of this fine arts museum in Golden Gate Park of San Francisco.
The newly designed M. H. De Young Museum opened in late 2005 and was built on the same land in Golden Gate Park as the previous museum that many prior visitors may recall.
The current building was completed by architects Jacques Herzog, Pierre de Meuron and Fong + Chan and opened on October 15, 2005. Structural, civil and geotechnical engineering was provided by Rutherford & Chekene; Arup provided mechanical and electrical engineering.
The terrain and seismic activity in San Francisco posed a challenge for the designers Herzog & de Meuron and principal architects Fong & Chan. To help withstand future earthquakes, “[the building] can move up to three feet (91 centimeters) due to a system of ball-bearing sliding plates and viscous fluid dampers that absorb kinetic energy and convert it to heat”.
As well as hosting wonderful art exhibitions, the museum now includes an observation tower where visitors can take in lovely views of the park concourse and the Golden Gate Park area.
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March 2nd, 2020
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