Nick Hammond Design - Museum of Craft Art and Tradition

Echoing the process of any crafted form, this building is designed in three pieces: raw material, production, and final product. It allows its guest to seen and understand each step of the process of these many art forms. From first emerging from the parking garage into the fields of raw material and approaching the stone clad building, to being surrounded by maker
spaces filled with local venders, and finally seeing their works as the very art pieces within the museum, guest will be able to connect and see how truly important these craft arts are. As the community interaction begins to interweave within the walls of this architecture, the bond between Asheville and its future success will become stronger.

In a time that is consumed by the digital and automatic, it is easy for the hand-done and manual to be forgotten. This museum will act as a reminder of the past and to help push towards the future. Located at the edge of Asheville’s arts district, this building will become a physical goal marker for expansion and continuation of this new flourishing area of the city.

Form Diagrams

Site Plan

Environmental Impacts

The Approach

Second View of Museum

Site Section

Front Elevation

Floor 1

1 _The Field

2_Craft Brewery

3_Kitchen

4_Information Desk

5_Coat_Check

6_Maker_Space

7_Restaurant

8_Gallery 1

9_Gallery in the Round

10_Office Spaces

11_Break Room

12_Loading Dock

13_HVAC Room

14_Storage

15_Air Ventilation

Floor 2

1_Theater Lobby

2_Cafe

3_Theater

4_Gallery

5_Classroom

6_Restaurant

7_Bathroom

8_Storage

9_HVAC Room

10_Elevator_Utilities

11_The Outlook

12_Food Storage

13_Maintenance

14_Industrial Elevator

Green Roof Detail

1_Vegetation

2_Engineered Soil

3_Moister Barrier

4_ 3.5" Storm water Retention Layer

5_Pour in Place Concrete Pathway

6_Locally Sourced Granite Paneling

7_Rigid Insulation

8_Z Channel

9_Gypsum Board

10_Parking Garage Elevator

Detail through Exterior Egress

1_Metal Decking w/ Concrete Fill

2_Door to Exterior

3_Open Web Joist Truss

4_Corten Veneered Railing

5_End Plate Connection

6_I Beam Floor Joist

7_Ramp

8_Pour in Place Concrete Foundation

9_Interior Make Space

Maker Space

Surrounding the Market Place are adaptable maker space compartments. Local vendors and artist will use spaces to create viable products and show the process of the elements that are shown throughout the museum space.

Using acoustical paneling to divide the studio space, these compartments allow for craft art and tradition to continue while creating a comfortable atmosphere for locals and guest to visit and discover.