Project Specs

The Art Institute of Chicago'The Modern Wing
Chicago, Illinois
Renzo Piano Building Workshop

the People

Architect
Renzo Piano Building Workshop
in collaboration with Interactive Design Inc., architects (Chicago)

Design Team:
J. Moolhuijzen (partner in charge),D.Rat, C.Maxwell-Mahon with A.Belvedere, D.Colas, P.Colonna, O.Foucher, A.Gallissian, S.Giorgio-Marrano, H.Lee, W.Matthews, T.Mikdashi, J.B.Mothes, Y.Pagès, B.Payson, M.Reale, J.Rousseau, A.Stern, A.Vachette, C.von Däniken and K.Doerr, M.Gomes, J.Nakagawa; Y.Kyrkos, C.Colson, O.Aubert (models)

Consultants:
Structure:
Ove Arup & Partners

Services:
Ove Arup & Partners + Sebesta Blomberg  

Civil engineering
Patrick Engineering

Structure for bridge interface with Millenium Park:
Wiss, Janey, Elstner Associates Inc

A/V consultant:
The Talaske Group

Landscaping:
Gustafson Guthrie Nichol Ltd.

Cost consultant :
Morgan Construction Consultants

LEED consultant :
Carter Burgess

 

the Products

Exterior Cladding
Exterior elements:
Indiana Limestone, glass, steel, aluminum.

Exterior limestone walls on the east and west sides, complementd by a glass and steel curtain wall on the north and south sides, create a transparency of the northern elevation, integrating the interior of the building with the dramatic setting provided by the adjacent Millenium Park

Metal/glass curtainwall:
Josef Gartner GmbH

Roofing
Elastomeric:
Hydrotech

Glazing
Skylights:
Josef Gartner Gmb

Doors
Entrances:
Ellison Bronze Inc.

Wood doors:
Custom by Imperial Woodworking Co.

Fire-control doors, security grilles:
Mahon, Door Systems, Modernfold

Hardware
Locksets:
Schlage

Hinges:
Hager, Dorma, Rixon, Accurate

Closers:
LCN, Dorma, Rixon

Exit devices:
Von Duprin, Blumcraft

Pulls:
D Line

Interior finishes
Interior elements:
glass, white oak flooring, birch and cherry accents

Acoustical ceilings:
Decoustics, Armstrong

Suspension grid:
Decoustics, Armstrong

Custom-designed translucent ceilings (third floor galleries):
Decoustics

Cabinet and custom woodwork (inc. paneling): Imperial Woodworking Co.

Paints and stains:
California Paints, International Paints, Carboline, Tnemec

Floor and wall tile:
Dupont Zodiac and Neoparies (toilet rooms)

Resilient flooring:
Activa, Forbo, Armstrong

Carpet:
Karastan, Design Materials Inc.

Wood flooring:
P.J. Nagic (installer)

Interior storefronts:
Harmon, Techincal Glass Products

Furnishings
Fritz Hansen Arne Jacobsen (chairs education)

Poltrona Frau (lounges)

Custom furniture:
RPBA design fabricated by Imperian Woodworking CO (coatroom, tickets, member desks)

Unifor Tables (boardroom and education)

Vitra (chairs/stools front of house)

Brunner (education tables & chairs)

Allsteel (back of house chairs & stools)

Lighting
Interior ambient lighting:
Iguzzini (track in public spaces)

Lsi custom fixtures RPBW Design (track in gallery spaces)

Downlights:
Edison Price

Controls:
ETC

Conveyance
Elevators/Escalators:
Kone, Mitsubishi

Plumbing
American Standard, Sloan, Chicago Faucet, Haws