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University of California, Berkeley UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY BERKELEY DAVIS IRVINE LOS ANGELES MERCED RIVERSIDE SAN DIEGO SAN FRANCISCO SANTA BARBARA SANTA CRUZ FACILITIES SERVICES BERKELEY, CALIFORNIA 94720-1380 September 27, 2011 TO: City of Berkeley Planning and Landmarks Preservation Commissions FR: Jennifer McDougall, Principal Planner, UC Berkeley RE: New University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) Background: Among the largest university art museums in the United States in both size and patronage, the number of visitors to BAM/PFA averages 52,000 per year, and another 48,000 attend showings at the film archive (SMCP, January 2011). The existing BAM/PFA building, completed in 1970, was rated seismically very poor in 1997; in 1999 the physical locations of the program were split and the film component placed in a temporary building, addressing significant seismic risk at the theater. In 2001 a partial retrofit of the existing building addressed a few of the major vulnerabilities; however, in order to fully retrofit the existing building, the introduction of shear walls would reduce the functionality of exhibit space. In 2008, UC Berkeley presented a design for a new University of California Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive (BAM/PFA) building in downtown Berkeley, to the community and City commissions. The new building would have replaced the existing printing plant building at 2120 Oxford Street, a City of Berkeley landmark, and the existing 250‐space parking structure on Addison Street. Although that design was admired, in 2009, economic uncertainty stemming from the international recession led the museum to explore design alternatives that included maintaining the existing printing plant building if it could result in cost savings. UC Berkeley is working with Diller Scofidio + Renfro as design architects, and with Executive Architect EHDD, on the current project. Although the project is a reuse and not an historic renovation of the existing printing plant building, Page & Turnbull Architects have assessed conditions of the historic fabric at 2120 Oxford, recommended rehabilitation treatments, and as preservation specialists are working with the team to review design concepts. Please see attached press release, and the Q&A including responses to many questions from the Community Open house held September 14, 2011. Please also see attached Table of Significant Features, explaining how important historic features are treated in the new design. Project Overview: The current proposal is comprised of four architecturally distinct elements: the existing production shed of the printing plant; the existing printing plant office block; a new element housing the BAM/PFA cinema and other programs; and a new services (or “back of house”) element housing the BAM/PFA loading facility and other support spaces. The existing office and production building at 2120 Oxford is approximately 45,500 GSF. A significant challenge is accommodating sufficient gallery space in the existing production shed envelope, while UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, BERKELEY ART MUSEUM AND PACIFIC FILM ARCHIVE minimizing costly new construction. The current design proposal would augment the building space with the construction of a new element of some 30,000 GSF, adjoining the office block and anchoring the southwest corner of Addison and Oxford Streets. This new element would house the BAM/PFA cinema and most of BAM/PFA’s researchd an teaching programs. The parking structure would be removed, and the remainder of the site would be striped for parking. This is expected to accommodate approximately 40 spaces. CEQA Review: The proposed project is consistent with the UC Berkeley 2020 Long Range Development Plan and the campus expects to complete an addendum to the 2020 LRDP EIR for the project. Preliminary schedule: We anticipate construction to begin at the beginning of 2013; occupancy may occur in late 2015. Further questions: Please contact Jennifer with any questions or concerns at (510)642‐7720 or [email protected]. Attachments: Q&A Press Release Graphics Table of Significant Elements and BAM/PFA Page 2 September 27, 2011 BAM/PFA BUILDING PROJECT Questions and Answers BUILDING Where will the new BAM/PFA building be located? The museum’s entrance will be on Center Street, with additional frontages on Addison and Oxford streets. The new downtown site will anchor Berkeley’s Arts District and link the west campus entrance and the active downtown arts and commerce districts. Just a block from the Downtown Berkeley BART station, BAM/PFA will count as its neighbors the Berkeley Repertory Theater, Aurora Theater, Freight and Salvage Coffeehouse, and the Bancroft Library’s Magnes Collection of Jewish Art and Life. How will the new building relate to the former UCB printing plant? The Streamline Moderne‐style former printing plant—unoccupied since 2004—will be repurposed to serve as gallery, education, and office space, including some areas created by excavating a basement level. This building will be integrated with an approximately new structure that will include the PFA Theater, Library and Film Study Center, collection study area, special‐event space, café, and back‐of‐house operations. The existing printing plant building is approximately 45,000 gross square feet, and in total the new BAM/PFA will be approximately 82,000 square feet. The new building is smaller than the current one. How does this improve BAM/PFA? Despite its smaller size, the new building will be more efficient and will provide more programmatic space than does the current building. The galleries in the current facility are irregular in shape, and most have only three walls, which limits the number of linear feet available for hanging art. Further, the current building’s largest gallery, the 7,000‐square‐foot Gallery B, is of limited use for exhibitions because of its extraordinarily high ceiling, extensive windows, and irregular, concrete walls. The new building, on the other hand, will include versatile gallery spaces that can accommodate works of art in diverse media. So, while there will be fewer square feet of gallery space, the new building will contain 30 percent more linear feet for exhibition. The efficient design of the new building will also 2 provide 100 percent more space dedicated to education and collections access than the current building contains. Where will the back‐of‐house functions be located? Back‐of‐house functions will be located on‐site, in close proximity to the galleries and study areas. Frequently exhibited and studied works will be stored on‐site and works on paper will be accessible in an open storage and study area. The majority of the collection in other media will be housed in a university‐owned off‐site storage facility that is home to many of the University of California, Berkeley’s scholarly collections. Who is designing the new building? The new building is designed by the New York City‐based firm Diller Scofidio + Renfro (DS+R). Among DS+R’s recent architectural achievements are Boston’s Institute of Contemporary Art; the redesign of Alice Tully Hall, a concert and film facility at Lincoln Center for the Performing Arts, in New York City; a 95,000‐square‐foot expansion of The Juilliard School, which is also part of DS+R’s ongoing work for Lincoln Center; and the High Line, an urban park on a 1.5‐mile stretch of elevated railway in New York’s Chelsea District. What will the new BAM/PFA look like? The new BAM/PFA will unite the former printing plant with a bold new architectural form. The design preserves most of the historic features of the former printing plant, including the distinctive façades on Center and Oxford streets, the north‐facing skylights, and the elegant lobby. Through excavation, the printing plant will be greatly expanded, creating an additional floor of gallery and education spaces on a lower level. The ground level galleries are designed so that they appear to float like trays above this excavated space, with light extending from the skylights to the lower level through strategically sited light wells and a double‐height garden at the northwest corner of the building. The unique museum store will occupy a narrow slice of the ground floor along the Center Street façade. The new structure introduces an innovative formal and material vocabulary that echoes the streamlined curves of the Art Deco style, yet is updated for the 21st century. It will encompass a café that cantilevers above the museum’s Center Street entrance, offering views of the city and campus, and a mezzanine walkway that provides entry to the PFA University of California, Berkeley Art Museum and Pacific Film Archive Q&A September 2011 3 Theater. The external shape of the theater, which is also part of the new structure, echoes its own internal volume, so that from outside it appears as a rounded, almost vessel‐like form. The theater will appear to be suspended above the library and study areas beneath it. The perimeter of these areas comprises a glass curtain wall that creates a welcome transparency between the museumʹs educational program and the civic context. Embodying a thoughtful and creative amalgam of past and present, the new BAM/PFA will foreground the versatile, high‐quality presentation of art and film, while offering numerous moments of architectural wonder and surprise. How sustainable will the new BAM/PFA construction be? Will it earn LEED certification? The campus’s goal for the new building is a minimum of LEED‐Silver certification. Who is the architect of record? Architect of record for the new BAM/PFA is EHDD of San Francisco, a nationally recognized architecture firm with a long track record with the University of California, Berkeley, and with exceptional expertise in educational facilities, buildings for science, museums, and zoos. Why does BAM/PFA need a new building? The impetus behind the creation of the new building is safety: A 1997 survey found that the museum’s existing facility—a 102,800‐square‐foot reinforced concrete structure—does not meet current seismic standards.
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