1937
The urban environment was at odds with Wright’s preferences. The building of the Solomon Guggenheim Museum stands out and falls out of the context of the development of New York, contrasts with it. The formation is based on the bionic form of a snail, stylized to look like an inverted pyramidal tower. The method of “solving the internal function” of the museum, invented by the architect, becomes the dominant of the formation. With this project, Wright broke the stereotypes of enfilade planning of museum premises. The art exhibition is formed along a spiral ramp that goes down and envelops the central atrium space. The visitor takes the elevator and then begins to descend the spiral ramp, which houses an art gallery. A huge ramp covering the inner atrium, covered with a transparent dome that occupies the bulk of the building. The dome creates diffused lighting. The compositional and functional feature of the museum’s interior is the combination of the significant green space of the atrium and the space along the ramp. The ability to switch the attention of visitors from the exposition to the atrium space eliminates the feeling of “museum fatigue”.