Parrish Art Museum Breaks Ground on New Building in Water Mill, New York
Above: Senator Kenneth P. LaValle, Parrish Founding Partner Robert S. Warshaw, Assemblyman Fred W. Thiele, Parrish Trustee Phillip H. Isles, Parrish Trustee Norman L. Peck, Governor David A. Paterson, Parrish Director Terrie Sultan, Congressman Timothy H. Bishop, Parrish Founding Partner Carolina Portago
Photo by Richard Lewin
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Political dignitaries, Museum Trustees, and major donors wielded shovels with Parrish Director Terrie Sultan as ground was broken on the Parrish Art Museum's future home in Water Mill, New York on Monday, July 19. Designed by internationally acclaimed architects Herzog & de Meuron, the new facility will triple the Museum's exhibition space and allow for the simultaneous installation of its distinguished permanent collection and temporary exhibitions.
A media conference held at the site featured remarks by Governor David A. Paterson, Congressman Tim Bishop, Southampton Town Supervisor Anna Throne-Holst, Parrish Director Terrie Sultan, and Museum Trustees Dorothy Lichtenstein, Norman Peck, and Alexandra Stanton.
From Dream to Reality
Last August the Parrish Art Museum unveiled Herzog & de Meuron’s new design for its future home on fourteen acres in Water Mill. It was both a culmination of years of effort and also a beginning. If you’ve driven past the site recently you will have seen that the site has been cleared—evidence that the dream is at last being realized. In September the Museum held several open houses to present the new plan to its members and the general public. Museum officials met with the Water Mill Citizens Advisory Group and many other local organizations. The Parrish applied to the Town of Southampton Planning Board for site plan approval, which was received in November. An application for a building permit was filed with the Town of Southampton Building Department in March.
Concurrent with the approval process was the transformation of the initial concept into the fully developed plans from which the actual building will be created. This undertaking is a masterful design-build collaboration among a dedicated and talented team of professionals. The response to the plan has been unanimously enthusiastic, as the community has rallied around the common goal of creating a new facility that will allow the Museum to fulfill its mission of celebrating the rich artistic legacy of the East End.
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New Museum Celebrates Creativity of the Artists of the East End
Flexible Design Doubles the Museum's Current Exhibition Space
Parrish Art Museum, Exterior view from Montauk Highway. Computer-generated image © Herzog & de Meuron
The Parrish Art Museum has re-conceptualized the design for its new building, to be constructed on the 14-acre site the Museum acquired in Water Mill. The design by internationally celebrated architects Herzog & de Meuron embodies responsiveness to the indigenous landscape, an emphasis on the natural northern light, and a dialogue with the local architecture of the East End, especially the many artists’ studios in the area.
“We could not be more pleased with this design, which enables us to function as a true center for community engagement, serving a broad and diverse audience, including the thousands of school children who visit us each year, by providing access to stellar works of art and ways to explore our special artistic heritage,” said Parrish Director Terrie Sultan. “The new plan will allow us to build a beautiful facility within a sensible budget and a reasonable timeframe. The design will be flexible, sustainable, and economically achievable.” |
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