AIAWHV Tour: Art & Architecture: Magazzino Arts Center

Date:  Saturday, March 29, 2025
Time:  10:00am - 12:40pm
Venue:  Magazzino Arts Center, 2700 Route 9, Cold Spring, NY 10516
Price:  AIA $75, Non members $85

In an effort to share postwar and contemporary Italian art, Nancy Olnick and Giorgio Spanu sought to create an exhibition space that could properly house and showcase often large-scale Arte Povera works. To them, it was the art that would take center stage, and the architecture would serve as the container. Architect Miguel Quismondo was the natural choice to lead the project, having worked with the co-founders in close collaboration since 2003.

From an existing 11,000 square foot warehouse, erected in 1964, came another, with Quismondo’s 14,000 square foot addition. The project included repurposing the existing dairy distribution center into what would become Magazzino Italian Art.

Learning Objectives:
Describe how the existing dairy distribution center was repurposed into the exhibition space.
Discuss the parallels between the design philosophies of the architect and the artists whose work is displayed within the architecture.
Identify the role that natural light played in the design of both the new and existing buildings.
Describe how the buildings are designed to accommodate large scale artwork

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