The Awakening Museum
Santa Fe, New Mexico
2002


Desiring to create a public sanctuary featuring his carved and painted mural “The Awakening”, artist Jean-Claude Gaugy acquired this 1947 modified Quonset hut in downtown Santa Fe. As an historically ‘Contributing’ structure, its exterior is restored without change.

The resulting design—a box within a box—inserts the new steel frame sanctuary, as an independent volume within the existing industrial sash and masonry perimeter. In order to create an uninterrupted view of sanctuary’s brightly colored artwork, the gallery lighting and environmental systems are located discretely within in a colonnade of six vertical floor stanchions. Adjacent spaces provide a new public entry, circulation and a gift shop.

A new adjacent building, designed to complement the sanctuary structure, houses the non-profit foundation’s administrative offices and public restrooms.
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