Reflection of the Past in a Vision for Tomorrow
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National Museum of Health and Medicine Chicago will take advantage of 21st century technology to create a museum experience unlike that of any other museum around the globe.
The NMHM Chicago represents the synergistic convergence of efforts to advance the state-of-the-art in several areas: education, museum design, information science, community outreach, and architecture. Though sited in Chicago’s Loop, this will truly be a museum without walls, projecting its influence across the nation, and providing a rich immersive information experience to users no matter where they are located.
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The Museum Living as an Organism
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With an eye toward a sustainable renovation, NMHM Chicago has acquired an existing building in downtown Chicago to house the new museum. Built in 1933, the three-story, 25,000 square foot masonry structure would undergo a dramatic, cutting-edge transformation led by Chicago-based design firm Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture.
Adrian Smith and Gordon Gill Architecture envisions a new kind of museum that is itself a living organism: both metaphorically in keeping with the museum’s theme and content, and literally, as the high performance building will actually generate its own sustainable energy.
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