The Prow, as it has come to be called, reimagines a complex crescent of territory between an acutely loping traffic intersection and moCa’s stolid building geometry. It constitutes the forward-most part of a ship's bow above the waterline, and has historically served as an indicator of its name while providing clues to its cultural underpinnings by substituting visual literacy for linguistic identification.

Through a subtle manipulation of topography and materiality, The Prow constitutes an extension of the sequence of galleries within. In its relationship to the museum's atrium and core multi-purpose room, the landscape outside has the capacity to be the locus of exterior installations and activities which communicate purpose. Our modest intervention sits at the intersection between a (quite literal) black box of a building and an institutional desire to increase transparency and accessibility to the community.

moCa Prow

#Design (2 files)

#Detail (6 files)

#Construction (1 files)

#In Play (6 files)