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Rosann Gelvin Noel Gallery looking south. Existing service openings, panels and partitions were removed or relocated to create a larger, more flexible art space. © Naho Kubota
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Light Court Gallery (left) and Noel Annex (right) with West Gallery beyond. © Naho Kubota
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Noel Galleries looking west. R+L organized open connections between individual galleries to offer a sense of the art space as a whole. © Naho Kubota
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West Gallery looking south to the African Gallery beyond. New and reorganized galleries are re-configured with new articulated walls & ceiling that frame original oak flooring. © Naho Kubota
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Dual entry from the Noel Gallery to KAM's 1968 East Galleries (beyond). © Naho Kubota
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Entry of the African Gallery. The African Gallery was completed in an initial phase of work and served as a prototype for the remaining galleries.
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Overview of the African Gallery looking north. R+L also designed Encounters: The Arts of Africa", a permanent installation in the gallery. © Naho Kubota
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Overview of the African Gallery looking east toward the lobby entry. R+L also designed the "Encounters: The Arts of Africa", a permanent installation in the gallery. © Naho Kubota
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R+L's concept for coming Phase 3 work which includes newly conceived building entry & lobby. The lobby will open-up vertically with new mega-coffers that cut through a deep interstitial space above to flood the space with daylight.
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In future Phase 3 work, a transformed entry & lobby will allow daylight in from the adjacent cafe and through new skylights above.
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New mega-coffers will cut through a deep unused interstitial space above to increase the volume of space and fill it with natural light. Part of the coming Phase 3 work at KAM.

KRANNERT ART MUSEUM GALLERIES

University of Illinois/Krannert Art Museum, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

Phase II Proposal 2014: Noel Series & Asian Galleries
Project 2015-16
Completion 2016

Phase IA Proposal 2013: Entry, Cafe, Lobby Schematic
Project 2013-14

Phase I Proposal 2010: African Gallery
Project 2011-12
Completion 2012

Fulfilling R+L's 2010 Vision Plan for the 67,600sf facility and its exterior surrounds, R+L here transforms the galleries of Krannert Art Museum's 1961 modernist building in two phases of work that consolidate gallery entry, simplify circulation, clarify wayfinding, increase usable gallery area, and offer greater programming flexibility for KAM's expanding collection. This re­envisioning of the galleries, with new gallery lighting and systems distribution, serve to amplify KAM's place as a cultural destination and premier venue for presenting art and arts programming.

R+L has also developed concepts for a the future Phase 3 scope of work which includes concepts for transforming KAM's entry & cramped lobby. The design opens the lobby space up vertically, by cutting through unused interstitial space to nearly double ceiling height and flood the space with natural light via a series of sky-lit mega-coffers.

Rice+Lipka Architects
Principals: Lyn Rice & Astrid Lipka
Associate: Benjamin Cadena
Sr Designers: Karl Larson, Taylor McNally-Anderson
Design Team: Rachel Kim, Kathryn Sonnabend, Wayne Yan

Architect-of-Record: LCM Architects
Environmental: Grumman/Butkus
Lighting: Richard Shaver Architectural Lighting
Graphics: Studio Blue