The Broad is a contemporary art museum in Los Angeles, CA,
designed by architecture firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro in collaboration with Gensler and structural engineering firm Leslie E. Robertson Associates.
The building design is based on the concept of “the veil and the vault”. “The veil” is a porous envelope that wraps the whole building, filtering and transmitting light to indoor spaces. The skin is made of 2,500 rhomboidal fiberglass reinforced concrete panels supported by a steel substructure. “The vault” is a concrete structure that forms the building's core, dedicated to artwork storage, laboratories, curatorial spaces, and offices. The Broad Museum - I
The veil” made of rhomboidal reinforced concrete panels
The Broad Museum - II Overall exterior view
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Detail
The Broad Museum - VIII Detail
The Broad Museum - VII Detail
The Broad Museum - III “The Veil”
The Broad Museum - IV Skin detail
The Broad Museum - V Detail