YALE UNIVERSITY

Interior Renovation & Expansion

In renovating the ground floor of Yale’s Louis Kahn-designed gallery, the challenge was to create a new museum store and entry without competing with Kahn’s monumental vision. The solution emphasized choreography: how visitors move from the street to stair, how sightlines open, how light draws them inward. Hidden architectural features, including a round stair tower that had been tucked behind dry wall, were revealed again. The final result was a graceful experience of discovery.

“From street to stair, it’s a gentle choreography of seeing and being drawn in.”