“What I love about Morphosis is they elevated the galleries to the second level,” Hofland said. “If all the galleries were on the first level, it would be a solid wall at grade. This way, with them lifted, we can offer transparency on the first floor to the lobby, to the Brettell Reading Room which is an important part of the building, so people can see people inside and one of the keys to magnetic building is that you can see people interacting and say, ‘I want to be part of that.
With a 35-year lease in the Dallas Arts District, Hofland makes it clear the museum has no plans to leave its downtown home. The new museum in Richardson will double the amount of gallery space the museum has to showcase its collection. Curators will create common threads between the exhibitions at the two locations and onsite storage at the Richardson location will make life easier for the museum.
The exhibition gives a glimpse of future galleries with works from the Stevens, Beockman and Horchow collections that have been gifted to The University of Texas at Dallas and acknowledges everyone working on the new museum, emphasizing the human beings creating this museum for people to enjoy.The Crow Museum of Asian Art plans to display the sculptures in the lobby of it new UT Dallas museum.Bronze Phoenix 2016 .