Cultural Terracotta Wraps MAD Transformation (case study)
09 April, 2009

Cleopfil's main aim for the Museum of Arts and Design was to make Stone's original solid block less monolithic and more ephemeral, while retaining its grayish-white color. The 22,000 terracotta tiles, measuring a delicate 6 inches wide by 2.5 feet long, were fabricated in Germany then hand-glazed and fired in the Netherlands. NBK's customized skin, which BusinessWeek described as "light-catching," provides a ventilated and pressure-equalized enclosure that helps keep the building dry to reduce maintenance while also saving energy. At the ground floor, the rainscreen transitions into a sleek glass wrapping for the lollipop columns, memorializing Stone's masterwork.

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