Children’s Museum of the Arts
The Children’s Museum of the Arts in Manhattan is designed to inspire children both to make art and to learn about it – a place where production and presentation of art are seamlessly integrated.
The museum is organized around a series of classic “white boxes” for the art studios and large central gallery. Recognizing that children also need spaces to let off steam or express their independence, these functional spaces are intertwined with a band of kid-centric spaces. These spaces are transformed into highly specific moments through a “color wheel” that incorporates the different programs: red kids bathrooms, an orange floor for the “sink-o-rama” washing station, a yellow bridge for graffiti art, a green stair-slide and ball pit, a blue upholstered “quiet” room, and a purple “clay bar” – where a bartender serves modeling clay and advice to kids for claymation projects.
