Museum of the Bible

Client: 
Museum of the Bible
Architect: 
Smithgroup JJR
Country: 
United States
City: 
Washington D.C.
Completion: 
2017
Caption: 
Images: Roschmann Steel & Glass Constructions Inc; Renderings: Smithgroup JJR / Clark Construction / The Museum of the Bible

The Museum of the Bible designed by SmithGroupJJR is located in Washington D.C., USA. Atop of an existing building, a scroll of glazing engineered by Knippers Helbig clads a two-story addition, offering panoramic views of the U.S. Capitol and National Mall.
The transparent building enclosure consists of different façade types. The main galley façade is a double-layered system comprising single-curved rectangular (AESS) profiles arranged in a regular grid of 8m. These ´ribs´ are braced in lateral direction by circular hollow sections (AESS) organized in a vertical distance of 1.25m. The CHS-profiles are supporting an aluminium cladding system (Raico Therm+). The insulated glass units with sizes of 4x1.25m are fixed to the aluminium profiles on all four edges using a toggle system.
A channel glass system consisting of vertically oriented standard dimension U-shaped Profilit profiles with a width of 262mm each is covering the remaining part of the two-storey addition. The channel glass profiles are connected to the building at the top and bottom only, where structurally required additional wind anchors are foreseen to reduce the span lengths.

Projektnummer: 
0532