Corona panel designed for NMAAHC (Type F: 90% opacity)
- Designed by
- Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008
- Adjaye, David, British, born 1966
- Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009
- Freelon, Philip G., American, 1953 - 2019
- SmithGroupJJR, American, founded 1853
- Manufactured by
- Peerless Pattern Works, Inc., founded 1923
- Morel Industries, founded 1917
- Dura Industries, American, ca. 1985
- Northstar Contracting, Inc., American
- Medium
- cast aluminum coated with vinyl paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 63 × 41 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (160 × 104.8 × 3.8 cm)
- Type
- facades
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- ca. 2013
- Description
- An openwork cast aluminum panel of the type used to fabricate the cladding that covers the exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The panel's bronze color is the final finish, a Custom Artisan 3.5 in a 5-coat Kynar system, a costum Valspare mixture used for each layer of the 5-coats, and is the same as the color of the panels installed on the NMAAHC building. Panels with varying levels of opacity are used on each side of the building, to regulate the amount of light that enters the building. This panel is the Type F design, with an opacity or density of 90% (10% open). This panel was fabricated at the same time as the panels installed on the building.
- The tooling for the Corona panels was made at Peerless Pattern Works in Portland, Oregon. The panels were cast at Morel Industries in Portland, Oregon. After painting, the panels were sent to Cleveland, Ohio to Northstar Contracting for assembly onto carrier frames prior to installation on site.
- The panel sometimes is referred to as a "corona panel," because these panels encapsulate the stacked upper levels of the building's design, referred to as the "corona" levels by the architects. The stacked shape of the building itself was designed to relfect the stacked top portions of Yoruba carved wood columns by Olowe of Ise found on traditional buildings in Nigeria. This top portion is known as a "capital" in architectural vocabulary, and the architects also use the words "crown" and "corona" to refer to the design inspiration they gained from this top portion of Yoruba column.
- Topic
- African American
- African diaspora
- Architecture
- Design
- Local and regional
- Ornamentation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.41.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Designed by
- Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008
- Adjaye, David, British, born 1966
- Bond, J. Max Jr., American, 1935 - 2009
- Freelon, Philip G., American, 1953 - 2019
- SmithGroupJJR, American, founded 1853
- Manufactured by
- Peerless Pattern Works, Inc., founded 1923
- Morel Industries, founded 1917
- Dura Industries, American, ca. 1985
- Northstar Contracting, Inc., American
- Medium
- cast aluminum coated with vinyl paint
- Dimensions
- H x W x D: 63 × 41 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (160 × 104.8 × 3.8 cm)
- Type
- facades
- Place collected
- Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
- Date
- ca. 2013
- Description
- An openwork cast aluminum panel of the type used to fabricate the cladding that covers the exterior of the National Museum of African American History and Culture, located on the National Mall in Washington, DC. The panel's bronze color is the final finish, a Custom Artisan 3.5 in a 5-coat Kynar system, a costum Valspare mixture used for each layer of the 5-coats, and is the same as the color of the panels installed on the NMAAHC building. Panels with varying levels of opacity are used on each side of the building, to regulate the amount of light that enters the building. This panel is the Type F design, with an opacity or density of 90% (10% open). This panel was fabricated at the same time as the panels installed on the building.
- The tooling for the Corona panels was made at Peerless Pattern Works in Portland, Oregon. The panels were cast at Morel Industries in Portland, Oregon. After painting, the panels were sent to Cleveland, Ohio to Northstar Contracting for assembly onto carrier frames prior to installation on site.
- The panel sometimes is referred to as a "corona panel," because these panels encapsulate the stacked upper levels of the building's design, referred to as the "corona" levels by the architects. The stacked shape of the building itself was designed to relfect the stacked top portions of Yoruba carved wood columns by Olowe of Ise found on traditional buildings in Nigeria. This top portion is known as a "capital" in architectural vocabulary, and the architects also use the words "crown" and "corona" to refer to the design inspiration they gained from this top portion of Yoruba column.
- Topic
- African American
- African diaspora
- Architecture
- Design
- Local and regional
- Ornamentation
- Credit Line
- Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
- Object number
- 2016.41.4
- Restrictions & Rights
- No Known Copyright Restrictions
- See more items in
- National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
- Classification
- Buildings and Structures
- Data Source
- National Museum of African American History and Culture
NOTE: Cataloging is an ongoing process and we may update this record as we conduct additional research and review. If you have more information about this object, please contact us at NMAAHCDigiTeam@si.edu.