McGee Art Pavilion
Alfred, New York

McGee Art Pavilion at the School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics

The McGee Art Pavilion is an expansion to the School of Art and Design at the New York State College of Ceramics in Alfred, New York. The Pavilion is designed as a large ceramic vessel for holding art and light. It is set between two existing buildings on Academic Alley - the main pedestrian thoroughfare on the campus. Its ceramic facade,...
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McGee Art Pavilion
Alfred, New York

McGee Art Pavilion at the School of Art and Design, New York State College of Ceramics

The McGee Art Pavilion is an expansion to the School of Art and Design at the New York State College of Ceramics in Alfred, New York. The Pavilion is designed as a large ceramic vessel for holding art and light. It is set between two existing buildings on Academic Alley - the main pedestrian thoroughfare on the campus. Its ceramic facade, made of un-glazed terra cotta tubes is a solar and rain screen and abstractly reminds one of the making of ceramic vessels, which is going on inside the pavilion. Cantilevering over a glass wall along Academic Alley, the ceramic pavilion dramatically engages campus on lookers as a piece of public art and allows them to see inside the exhibition gallery. The ceramic tubes are staggered and alternate in a striated pattern. McGee Pavilion houses an exhibition gallery, video/audio immersive gallery, lobby and cafe, expanded media studios, art history classrooms, art studios and is 19,000 square feet.

Architect: Ikon.5 Architects
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