OMA Expands New Museum in New York, Doubling Floor Area to 11,148 Square Meters

2026-06-25 15:32

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en.Wedoany.com Reported - OMA has doubled the floor area of the New Museum in New York to 11,148 square meters through an expansion. The design concept is not a simple addition but creates a visual "equal partner" for the original SANAA building, making the overall space more complete.

A modern glass building, the New Museum designed by OMA, illuminated in the evening with traffic in the foreground, adjacent to an older brick structure.

A person stands beneath a sharply angled, rough-textured red wall and glass staircase, looking up at the blue sky visible through an open geometric ceiling.

Shohei Shigematsu, partner at OMA New York, stated that the team did not view it as a standalone expansion but focused on finding an interesting balance and subtle relationship. The original SANAA building, completed in 2007, consists of stacked, offset boxes clad in stretched aluminum mesh and has become a landmark in Lower Manhattan. As visitor numbers grew and exhibition content expanded, the original interior gallery spaces felt cramped with poor circulation.

A modern building with a sloped roof featuring large triangular windows in red, green, and white, with silhouettes visible through the translucent interior.

OMA's expansion is lower and deeper than the original building, creating a small plaza through triangular cuts in the facade, revealing a previously obscured side of the original structure. The top volume slopes back from the street, forming a series of triangular terraces that showcase the original building's cantilevered crown. Inside, the new and old floors are seamlessly connected.

A contemporary art gallery with sculptures, digital displays, and installations on a pink floor; a child interacts with an exhibit near a black creature sculpture.

A signature feature of OMA's design is a large staircase spiraling up the front of the building, addressing the original circulation issues and offering city views as it ascends. This space is described as a "collision space" for users and the public to linger, meet, and interact. Currently, a linen textile installation titled "Shelter" by artist Klára Hosnedlová hangs from the center of the stairwell atrium.

A massive tree trunk suspended in the air at the center of a modern building, surrounded by green-toned glass stairs and metal walls; a person is climbing the stairs.

The building facade is made of glass with a metal mesh interlayer. During the day, the glass appears solid and highly metallic under sunlight; at night, it becomes transparent. The project is still undergoing construction refinements after opening.

A modern building facade with geometric glass panels and illuminated interior lights, photographed in the evening.

Two people sit on spacious light blue steps inside a modern building, with a city view visible through a large slanted skylight.

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