The design of The Standard has won awards including a National Design Award from the Society of American Registered Architects
building is built into the side of the hill – half of it is buried – which creates a fl ywheel effect, which keeps the build- ing cool in the summer and warm in the winter. There are all kinds of high- performance mechanical systems that are running at peak effi ciency. We don’t have many windows in the
museum because natural light can damage the items on display, so we’ve been able to create a very tight exte- rior envelope. This means there’s not a lot of air passage between inside and out, which allows the building to use less energy. With a nice tight wall the mechanical equipment doesn’t have to work so hard to control the variations in temperature and humidity. We’re working at getting an LEED
Gold certifi cate for the museum. We should fi nd out within the next few months whether we’ve got it (you have to wait until the building has been operational for a year, so you can prove it does what you said it would do).
What reactions have you had to the museum’s design? It seems to be doing what we wanted. People get inspired when they see it.
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Who do you admire in architecture? Mostly dead architects, I’m afraid! Eero Saarinen, who was a Finnish/American architect in the 1950s and 1960s, is a strong infl uence. He did some rather amazing buildings, none of which looked the same. He was extraordinar- ily talented – his architecture is very thoughtful and beautiful
Where do you get your inspiration? It comes from whatever context I’m working in. The context in the case of the Natural History Museum of Utah was complex, and was about the land and the people. If I’m working in New York, it’s about the city and how peo- ple engage it. The inspiration always comes from people and the context.
Where is your favourite place? I love the sea. I have always sailed and it’s a fabulous thing. The ground is always moving and you can go any- where you want in the world – it’s a highway to everywhere. There’s some- thing upside down about it; everything takes place underneath the surface.
What do you love about your job? TODD SCHLIEMANN
Todd Schliemann is a founding part- ner and design principal in Ennead Architects. He studied architecture at Cornell University in 1979 and Urban Design at the Architectural Association in London. Schliemann’s recent projects include the Rose Center for Earth and Space at the American Museum of Natural History in New York; Yerba Buena Gardens Center for the Arts Theater, San Francisco; The Standard, New York; The Natural History Museum of Utah; and Queens Borough Public Library, Flushing Regional Branch, New York.
I love to make things. You can think up an idea, and then make it. That’s very rewarding. Sometimes it doesn’t work out the way you want, and sometimes it does, but it’s a joy to try.
And what do you enjoy the least? Probably clients who don’t want to understand the bigger ideas. Small thinkers. I suffer fools badly. ●
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