SFMOMA Announces Winner of Sculpture Garden Architectural Competition

SFMOMA Announces Winner of Sculpture Garden Architectural Competition
The San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (SFMOMA) today announced the winner of the architectural competition to design a new sculpture garden atop the Museum's parking garage.

"I am thrilled to announce that Jensen & Macy Architects has been selected as the designer of the new SFMOMA sculpture garden.

The firm was chosen for their understanding of and respect for the works of art to be displayed, their appreciation of the beauty and potential of our rooftop site, and the remarkable elegance and restraint of their design.

We are certain that Jensen & Macy will create a world-class venue for art as well as a setting of calm repose for visitors to SFMOMA and the city," states SFMOMA Director Neal Benezra.

The winning design was chosen by a jury comprising Benezra, SFMOMA Elise S. Haas Senior Curator of Painting and Sculpture Madeleine Grynsztejn, SFMOMA Trustees Gerson Bakar and Art Gensler, and renowned architect Stanley Saitowitz.

The competition was overseen by David Meckel, chair of SFMOMA's Architecture and Design Accessions Committee and director of research and planning at California College of the Arts.

"SFMOMA's sculpture garden will be an integral part of the Museum's sequence of galleries.

It will be an extension of the Museum, not a remote cul-de-sac.