Projects
Rose Art Phase 2 Renovation and Expansion
The Rose Art Museum on the campus of Brandeis University houses an outstanding collection of modern and contemporary art, widely recognized as the finest such collection in New England. Since its founding, The Rose has built a remarkable collection of international modern and contemporary art, originating from a series of prescient contemporary art exhibitions that introduced new art, artists, and ideas to the national arts and education communities. With its mission to "engage its communities in the experience of modern and contemporary art," The Rose maintains an active exhibition program, presenting new art while embracing its foundation in historical modern art.
The Rose was founded in 1961 and is housed in an international style building designed by Max Abramovitz of Harrison Abramovitz. With a glass façade, the original Rose building is a classic white box with a distinctive atrium on the main level and a reflecting pool on the lower level. In 1973 the original building was expanded with a utilitarian, brick-construction, support building. With its expanding program and art collection, The Rose inaugurated the Lois Foster Wing in 2001, designed by Graham Gund Architects, to provide additional gallery space to present regular displays of works in the Brandeis University art collections and to expand the contemporary art exhibition program.
Design has begun on a donor-funded renovation and enhancement project intended to address the Rose Art Museum's needs for: storage space for paintings, sculpture, and prints and drawings; reception space; administrative support space; programmatic support space including workshop, preparation space, loading dock and receiving area, and flexible education space. The project is expected to include creation of a new gallery space above the existing support building, reconfiguration of the support building, and renovation of the original Rose Art Museum. Schematic design by the architectural team of Shigeru Ban and Dean Maltz is complete. The University is at work raising funds to allow completion of design and construction.
Updated March 29, 2007