美国迈阿密拉丁美洲艺术博物馆

Latin American art museum in the United States
设计方：FR-EE / Fernando Romero EnterprisE
位置：美国 迈阿密
设计团队：Fernando Romero, Sergio Rebelo, Unai Artetxe, Daniela Gallo, Sunny Ruoting, Celia Julve, Jo?o Urbano

FR–EE（费尔南多罗梅罗建筑设计公司）最近公开了其最新的设计——拉丁美洲艺术博物馆 (LAAM)，作为2014迈阿密海滩巴塞尔艺术博览会的一部分。建成之后，该博物馆将收藏当代名家的艺术作品。这座新的博物馆将坐落于比斯坎大道的一处综合住宅区内，主要为居住在111公寓里的人服务，并将作为一个当地人和游客的集会点和文化中心。

为了合理利用项目的背景条件，建筑师提出了大胆地设计建造大露台及开放空间的设想，从而将建筑外部空间纳入建筑的范围。各个楼层的露台将露天展示各种艺术品。该项目为不同的楼层赋予了不同的功能。建筑的首层将留给年轻和新兴的艺术家；第二层将用作临时展览；第三层将选择600件艺术品作为永久收藏；建筑的顶层将设置一个餐厅。该项目的设计突出热带建筑的妙处，如自然通风、开放空间、与自然的充分交流。大露台也将激发的居民和路人的好奇心，吸引他们来此处漫步。

该项目将不仅是一个对拉丁美洲现当代艺术的推广平台，同时也是迈阿密最佳的代言人：在那里年轻和新兴的艺术家能够找到一个合适的环境氛围，当地人和游客将能够发现新的艺术主张，艺术迷也有机会看到最雄心勃勃的拉丁美洲艺术品展览。
本项目最终的目标是将该博物馆打造成为美国展示拉丁美洲艺术的最著名的机构。它将完全致力于不断地鉴赏和解读拉丁美洲艺术及其艺术家群体，从而促进拉丁美洲艺术的传播。

On the heels of President Barack Obama’s recent decision to reform US immigration policy, FR-EE / Fernando Romero EnterprisE has released designs for a new Latin American Art Museum (LAAM) in Miami. The four-story museum, characterized by elongated, cantilevering terraces and sculpture gardens, hopes to become “the most significant institution for displaying Latin American art in America.” Continue reading to learn more.

For the last 15 years, Miami has experienced a boom, evident in the architectonic explosion and other initiatives, such as Art Basel Miami Beach, which has seduced the international audience since 2002.Today, Miami is some sort of lab in which global tendencies converge with local characteristics. Miami’s peculiar rise translates in a high life quality. The public services have been a temptation for people who are thinking about relocating or establishing a second place, as well as a standard destination for international tourists.

Just few days ago, President Barack Obama allowed millions of illegal immigrants (most of them Latinos or Hispanics) to establish legally in the USA. In this historical socio-political context, the proposal for a new museum for Latin American art is a trigger to renovate the relations with the USA, and it also constitutes an unbeatable chance to rethink the significance of Latin American architecture and art in America.

LAAM is going to be situated within a residential complex, so it will work as the main access to the people living in the 111 apartments, which are going to be built later. The idea behind this conception is to offer something we could call “aesthetical quality life”. Thus the museum going to be a sort of meeting point for the residents and their visits.

In order to translate this context, Fernando Romero has proposed a building generous in terraces and open spaces to transfer the exterior context into the building. The terraces of the different floors can indeed be called “sculptural gardens”, since they will contain the art pieces at open air. This will emphasize the benefits of the tropical architecture, such as natural air circulation, access to open spaces, foliage and the presence of the sea and the sun. The terraces will also spark off the curiosity of the neighbors and the pedestrians strolling in Biscayne Boulevard, so it will also work as an invitation to visit the museum.

The different levels of the building define LAAM’S program. The first floor will be reserved to young and emergent artists; the second one will be for temporal exhibitions; the third floor will house a selection of 600 pieces belonging to the permanent collection; finally, a restaurant will crown the top of the building.

LAAM will not only be a flexible platform for the promotion of Latin American modern and contemporary art, but also its best ambassador in Miami: a venue where young and emerging artists will find an appropriate atmosphere, where tourists and locals will be able to discover the new artistic proposals and where the fans will have the chance of discovering one of the most ambitious collections of Latin American art. The aim is to transform LAAM into the most significant institution for displaying this art in America. It will be completely focused on promoting its knowledge through a continuous process of appreciation and reinterpretation of Latin American art and its diaspora.

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