The Art Museum of the future will be neither a singular container of the past nor an incubator for the new; the Art Museum will instead serve as a place where the old and new coexist. It will act as a place where people and artifacts are connected and interact with one another in meaningful and unexpected ways.

Building upon the site’s recent history as a flour mill and the legacy of the larger region, the design for the Art Mill re-appropriates the existing industrial buildings and proliferates the architectural language of the silo as a motif and organizing element. The design bridges between the region’s industrial past and its history of civic architecture by transforming the flour mill into a platform that celebrates Qatar’s commitment to sharing its rich art and culture as a cornerstone of its future legacy. The project is organized around an array of interior and exterior spaces which initiate a dialogue between formal and informal, responsive sets of spaces. These two dynamics mirror the civic spaces of Qatar in the kinds of environments artists are working in today.