The Nerman Museum Set-Up

The Nerman Museum at JCCC was built to act as a kind of "doorway" into a campus full of art. The structure itself has a very open feel to it, the rooms are separated and defined by stairways, level changes, and walls. All of the transitions are very smooth. Glass was used frequently in the design to enhance the building's connection with the outdoors, and to frame views of the JCCC campus. The organization of the structure is asymmetrical, which is even visible from the exterior. The cantilevered room that overhangs the entryway is balanced by the weight of the huge campus on the other side of it.