Our design, with Sanaa, for the Louvre’s satellite museum consists of gently curving pavilions that seemingly merge with a 150 acre landscape, thus creating the "museum-park". The galleries are lit by a continuous glass roof, co-designed with ARUP. The ethereal quality of the façade – a single height of brushed aluminum alternating with clear glass – and the slight curvature of the pavilions create blurred reflections of the surrounding landscape. This out-of-focus impression speaks to the new mission of Louvre-Lens: to question reality and perception, to teach how to look at art anew. The Louvre-Lens museum’s most unique space is the magnificent "Gallery of Time," designed by Imrey Culbert and Sanaa and completed by AG Studio in Paris. Masterpieces of the Louvre Museum's collection line up according to chronology in a single open space that is longer than a football field. Links to Web Content:
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