Corona panel designed for NMAAHC (Type E: 85% opacity)
date: label: Date
content: ca. 2013
name: label: Designed by
content: Freelon Adjaye Bond/SmithGroup, American, founded 2008
label: Designed by
content: Sir David Adjaye, British, born 1966
label: Designed by
content: J. Max Bond Jr., American, 1935 - 2009
label: Designed by
content: Philip G. Freelon, American, 1953 - 2019
label: Designed by
content: SmithGroupJJR, American, founded 1853
label: Manufactured by
content: Peerless Pattern Works, Inc., founded 1923
label: Manufactured by
content: Morel Industries, founded 1917
label: Manufactured by
content: Dura Industries, American, ca. 1985
label: Manufactured by
content: Northstar Contracting, Inc., American
label: Commissioned by
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture, American, founded 2003
notes: label: Description
content: 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 E design, with an opacity or density of 85% (15% open). This panel was fabricated at the same time as the panels installed on the building.
label: Description
content: 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.
label: Description
content: 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.
place: label: Place collected
content: Washington, District of Columbia, United States, North and Central America
topic: label: Topic
content: African American
label: Topic
content: African diaspora
label: Topic
content: Architecture
label: Topic
content: Design
label: Topic
content: Local and regional
label: Topic
content: Museums
label: Topic
content: Ornamentation
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content: National Museum of African American History and Culture Collection
label: Classification
content: Decorative Arts, Craft, and Design
label: Classification
content: Buildings and Structures
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Collection of the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of African American History and Culture
identifier: label: Object number
content: 2016.41.3
objectType: label: Type
content: facades
objectRights: label: Restrictions & Rights
content: No Known Copyright Restrictions
label: Restrictions & Rights
content: Proper usage is the responsibility of the user.
physicalDescription: label: Medium
content: cast aluminum coated with vinyl paint
label: Dimensions
content: H x W x D: 63 × 41 1/4 × 1 1/2 in. (160 × 104.8 × 3.8 cm)