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Hunter Museum Of American Art

Chattanooga, Tenn.
Randall Stout Architects

Randall Stout’s muscular addition to the Hunter Museum in Chattanooga transforms a staid institution and gives it a new public profile

By Clifford A. Pearson

  Photo © Tim Griffith
   

After nearly 50 years of splendid isolation on the bluffs overlooking the Tennessee River, the Hunter Museum decided to reach out to the city beyond its gates. So in 2002, it announced a major expansion that would not only provide 30,000 extra square feet for galleries and special functions, but connect the venerable institution to Chattanooga’s redeveloped waterfront and its resurgent downtown. “We wanted to take the Hunter off the hill,” states Rob Kret, the museum’s director since 2000. In April 2005, a bigger, splashier, and more accessible Hunter, designed by Los Angeles–based Randall Stout, FAIA, opened its doors—literally and figuratively—to a public that included many people who never felt welcomed before.

Housed in a 1905 neo-Georgian mansion, the Hunter had long projected an aristocratic air that charmed some visitors but kept others away. Changing attitudes on the museum’s board of directors and a mayor of Chattanooga intent on transforming the city’s riverfront pushed the institution in a new direction, starting in 2001. At that time, Mayor Bob Corker began a coordinated campaign to raise funds for an expansion of the Tennessee Aquarium (to be designed by Cambridge Seven Architects), a new children’s museum (by Lee Skolnick), a series of new parks (by George Hargreaves), and the Hunter addition—all on or near the waterfront.

Making the Hunter a key element in this larger urban plan helped determine critical issues throughout the design and construction process—starting with finding the right location for the addition. In the 1970s, the museum had built a Brutalist concrete wing to the east of the mansion and moved its main entrance there. So some people figured the museum would continue expanding in that direction. But Stout proposed adding the new structure to the west, shifting the museum’s focus toward downtown and creating an ensemble of buildings with the mansion at its center. Like a chess player’s first move, the siting of the new 20,000-square-foot building helped shape a long series of decisions affecting everything from the layout of galleries in the existing museum to the location of the loading dock and art storage.

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the People

Owner
Hunter Museum of American Art
Executive Director: Robert Kret

Architect
Randall Stout Architects, Inc.
12964 Washington Blvd.
Los Angeles, CA 90066
310.827.6876 telephone
310.827.6879 fax
www.stoutarc.com

Principle-in-Charge:
Randall Stout, FAIA

Project Designer:
Sandra Hutchings

Project Architect:
John Murphey, AIA

Project Architect:
Rashmi Vasavada, AIA

Job Captain:
Hailun Chang

Project team:
Cynthia Bush, Jerry Chao, Eric Cheong, Ian Collins, Amy Drezner, Robert Ley, Jason Marshall

Associate Architect
Derthick, Henley & Wilkerson Architects www.dhw-architects.com

Principle-in-Charge:
Ray Boaz, AIA

Project team:
William Wilkerson, AIA, Andrew Roth, AIA, Kristie Cramer, Tonya Wilson

Collaborating Architect
Hefferlin + Kronenberg Architects PLLC www.hkarchitects.net

Principle-in-Charge:
Heidi Hefferlin (programming phase and urban design)

Architect of Record
Randall Stout Architects, Inc.

Engineer(s)
Structural:
John A. Martin + Associates, Inc. www.johnmartin.com

Mechanical:
March Adams Associates with IBE Consulting Engineers,Inc.

Electrical:
March Adams Associates

Civil:
March Adams Associates

Consultat(s)
Landscape architect:
Ross/Fowler, P.C. www.rossfowler.com

Lighting consultant:
Fisher Marantz Stone www.fmsp.com

Acoustics and Audio/Video:
Newcomb & Boyd www.newcomb-boyd.com

Interior designer:
Randall Stout Architects www.stoutarc.com

Curtainwall consultant:
CDC Curtain Wall Design & Consulting, Inc. www.cdc-usa.com

Food service consultant:
Webb Design www.webbdesignonline.com

Cost Estimator:
Davis Langdon Adamson www.davislangdon.com

Construction Manager/ Contractor
EMJ Corporation www.emjcorp.com

Photographer
Tim Griffith
739 27th Street
San Francisco CA 94131
tel. 415 640 1419
www.timgriffith.com

Renderer(s)
Jerry Chao

CAD system, project management or other software used
Form Z www.formz.com, AutoCAD www.autodesk.com

the Products

Structural system
Fabricated by Superior Steel Structural steel frame

Exterior Cladding
Glass curtainwall:
ASI Limited www.asilimited.com / Kawneer www.kawneer.com glazed aluminum curtain wall system

Metal cladding:
A. Zahner Company www.azahner.com / VM Zinc www.vmzinc.com zinc panels

Concrete:
Wood:
Fabricated by: Tate Ornamental Metals tateornamental.com Vertical grain Douglas Fir veneer panels

Roofing
Metal:
Fabricated by A. Zahner Company www.azahner.com Stainless steel

Glazing
Glass:
Viracon www.viracon.com

Skylights:
Kawneer system www.kawneer.com w/ Viracon glazing www.viracon.com

Doors
Entrances:
J.E. Berkowitz,L.P. www.jeberkowitz.com

Structural glass doors:
Blumcraft Panic Device www.blumcraft.com

Sliding doors:
Modernfold www.modernfold.com Acoustic rated operable partition, Applied by Tate Ornamental Metals tateornamental.com Jelinek cork www.jelinek.com

Hardware
Closers:
Dorma Concealed Closer www.dorma-usa.com

Interior Finishes
Acoustical Ceilings:
Wall Technology www.walltechnology.com, Fabric Ceiling, Eurospan wide span acoustical treatment system

Cabinetwork and custom woodwork:
Tate Ornamental Metals tateornamental.com

Wallcoverings:
Wall Technology www.walltechnology.com, Eurospan wide span acoustical treatment system

Floor and wall tile:
Bisazza www.bisazza.com & Crossville www.crossvilleinc.com (Porcelain floor tile); Florida Tile www.floridatile.com (Ceramic wall tile)

Furnishings
Reception furniture:
custom designed by RSA, Visitor Services Counter, stainless steel angel hair finish, fabricated by Tate Ornamental Metals tateornamental.com Visitor Services Counter, stainless steel angel hair finish

Chairs:
– Lobby sofa group (charcoal): Offect www.offecct.se, Orbit Sofa with GI, Breuer Laccio Tables Lobby sofa group (charcoal)
– Lobby sofa group (red): Moroso, Victoria & Albert armchair with Cappelini, Cannot table
 
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