Edgar N. Putman Event Pavillon
Heritage & Culture
Doylestown | USA
2012
Architectural Design
Kieran Timberlake
Lighting Design
Sean O’Connor Lighting Inc.
At The James A. Michener Art Museum in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, it was opened a new area for special event of the museum officials dedicated The Edgar N. Putman Event Pavilion; an elegant, all-glass structure designed by arch. Kieran Timberlake and extending into the north side of the Museum’s Patricia D. Pfundt Sculpture Garden. Founded in 1989, the museum occupies the site of the former Bucks County Prison, built in 1884 and designed by Addison Hutton.
Although much of the prison was torn down in 1986, remnants of the old stone building are incorporated into the museum, including three massive 23-foot tall fieldstone prison walls. Designed by the architecture firm Kieran Timberlake, and constructed by Adams-Bickel Associates, Inc., the Event Pavilion demonstrates a unique and ambitious use of structural glass panels, allowing seamless views to and from the interior of the museum toward the magnificent former prison walls that encompass the Patricia D. Pfundt Sculpture Garden. Targetti illuminate the stone wall using the asymmetric version of inground fixture MERCURE. The asymmetric reflector it was able to illuminate the wall in all its high emphasizing its texture and creating a sophisticate atmosphere.
