The feature was created for a narrow lot in NYC, where space is at a premium.
Space is at a minimum in New York City but nowhere is this more evident than on Bowery, a street that runs through Manhattan's Lower East Side. Here's a street that's crammed with narrow, crumbling buildings but also experiencing brisk gentrification, so any new addition must essentially shoehorn itself into a less-than-ideal locale. The new Sperone Westwater Gallery had only 25 feet of real estate in which to make a statement, so architect Norman Foster had nowhere to go...but up.
Foster + Partners took advantage of the slender site with one unique feature: A 12-foot-by-20 foot "moving gallery" which "connects the upper four exhibition floors and allows visitors to move gradually between levels" -- in other words, it's an elevator full of art.
The moving gallery is also an environmental tool. It's housed in thick milled glass, which acts as a shading element for the art within, protecting the building from heat gain.
via: fastcodesign.com
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