![]() ![]() MOCA remains an oasis of low-rise tranquility with a deliberately different layout from traditional museums. Isozaki deliberately designed the building to face inward towards the California Plaza development. ![]() At its opening, critics derided the building's windowless, blank wall along the Grand Street sidewalk, but 0 views, 0 likes, 0 loves, 0 comments, 0 shares, Facebook Watch Videos from The Museum of Contemporary Art: On Saturday, October 22, join MOCA and our Grand Ave neighbors for Grand Ave Arts All. East Asian traditions were referenced with the play between positive and negative (building and courtyard) space. Isozaki chose forms and shapes for the building that were vaguely traditional, but mostly abstract. Beyond the classroom, students visit MOCA twice annually for staff-led tours and discussions that reinforce lessons introduced at school. Only four of its seven levels are above the street level.Īdministrative offices are located at the level of Upper Grand Street under a barrel-shaped roof. Under and around the courtyard are the public galleries. The entrance is marked by an arch leading to a subterranean terraced courtyard. ![]() Japanese architect Arata Isozaki created a contrast to the extreme heights of the Bunker Hill glass-and-steel high rise towers by designing MOCA as a sunken, red sandstone-clad space. This domain provided by at (26 Years, 75 Days ago), expired at (0 Years, 290 Days left). In addition to private donations, funds for MOCA came from a 1.5 % allocation of budgets from Bunker Hill development projects required to go towards public art. is a Libraries and Museums website created by The Museum of Contemporary Art. The Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. When the Museum of Contemporary Art (MOCA) opened its permanent quarters at California Plaza in 1987, Bunker Hill was a multi-level landscape of sprouting skyscrapers. MOCA Los Angeles has laid off all 97 of its part-time staffers, including gallery attendants, exhibition installers, and education employees. ![]()
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