ABSTRACT
The chapter provides insights into the collaboration between architectural designers at Studio Gang and structural engineers at Arup on the Richard Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation at the American Museum of Natural History in New York City. The partnership, which began before the contract was awarded, demonstrates the power of collaborating on concept as a foundation for design. The geology-inspired structure, constructed using shotcrete, operates equally as architecture, shaping experiences, circulation, openings, and load flows, for the museum’s dramatic new expansion.
