- Sector: Public space
- Location: Salem, MA
- Architect/Specifier: Moshe Safdie
- Product(s): Roller Shades Sail Shades
Here's one for the history buffs: The Peabody Essex Maritime Museum near Boston is the oldest continuously operating museum in the United States. And it recently got an injection of high style, thanks to Moshe Safdie's major expansion of the museum, which is anchored by an atrium that sits at the museum's new core.
This expansion's most stunning architectural feature is the strikingly curved glass arcade that forms the spine of the new wing, seamlessly unifying the old and new spaces in the museum. For this area, Safdie worked with Nysan systems from Hunter Douglas Contract to design a custom system of sail shades.
The shades' precisely draped fabrics recreate the evocative curves of the historic clipper ships that used to pass through Boston Harbor. A tension system operated with counterweights furls and unfurls the shades to eliminate glare by filtering the light that enters the arcade.
The final product: a space that's as inviting as it is historic.
This expansion's most stunning architectural feature is the strikingly curved glass arcade that forms the spine of the new wing, seamlessly unifying the old and new spaces in the museum. For this area, Safdie worked with Nysan systems from Hunter Douglas Contract to design a custom system of sail shades.
The shades' precisely draped fabrics recreate the evocative curves of the historic clipper ships that used to pass through Boston Harbor. A tension system operated with counterweights furls and unfurls the shades to eliminate glare by filtering the light that enters the arcade.
The final product: a space that's as inviting as it is historic.
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