Bemis Infoshop
Omaha, Nebraska, 2010
Min Day Architects
This project was designed for the Bemis Center, an artist-in-residence program and contemporary art gallery. The InfoShop focuses attention on ideas and issues brought up by gallery programs, artists and patrons by providing a social platform for spontaneous meetings, dialog and debate.Designed for flexibility, the InfoShop is anchored by a 24'-long faceted reception desk that transforms into a bar for evening events. The walls are clad with custom, CNC-milled panels derived from a pinwheel aperiodic tiling pattern suggesting precision, complexity and playfulness.
Type: Design-Build, Bemis Center for Contemporary Arts
Status: Completed
Team: FACT (Fabrication And Construction Team, a student design-build workshop), in collaboration with Min | Day Role: Project was divided into teams: wall, desk, lighting. I was on the wall team with six others. We were in charge of the design, fabrication, and construction of the wall. Was additionally in charge with detailing the concealed door.
Awards:
• 2013 AIA San Francisco Honor Award
• 2013 AIA National Small Project Honor Award
• 2013 ACSA Design Build Award, (for FACT)
• 2010 AIA Nebraska Merit Award
• 2010 AIA Central States Region Honor Award
