AECOM Tishman served as CM for the American Museum of Natural History’s 230,000 SF Gilder Center for Science, Education, and Innovation, a transformative expansion that creates a dramatic new entryway on the museum’s west side, in Theodore Roosevelt Park, while providing numerous connections that link the entire multi-building campus.
Designed by Studio Gang, the dynamic new center encompasses education and exhibition spaces including an insectarium, living butterfly exhibit, a “Collections Core” with thousands of specimens and artifacts displayed across three levels, as well as laboratories, a restaurant, and visible storage. The remarkable, undulating structure was achieved using “shotcrete” – spraying concrete directly onto rebar bent into curving shapes without relying on traditional formwork – to produce the center’s distinctive look and continuous, seamless walls. In addition to the 190,000 SF of new construction, we oversaw 40,000 SF worth of renovations and alterations to the adjacent park.