FAITH LAPIDUS: Ting-Chi Wang is exhibitions manager at MOCA. She took us on a guided visit of the museum. She leads us to a two-level room in the middle of the museum.
mocanyc.orgCourtyard of the Museum of Chinese in America
TING-CHI WANG: “This is really the heart of the museum in many ways. First of all architecturally, this is the center of the museum. Secondly, conceptually this is what we call a courtyard. What a courtyard does in a traditional Chinese house is really it connects all the rooms.”
BOB DOUGHTY: Maya Lin is a Chinese-American building designer and artist. She is best known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. MOCA hired Maya Lin to design their new building. She turned an old industrial machine repair shop into a warm and inviting space for exhibitions, offices and classrooms.
TING-CHI WANG: “Maya Lin knew that history is very important for us, while we also want to emphasize the importance of looking forward.”
FAITH LAPIDUS: With this in mind, Maya Lin designed the building so that it has two entrances. They represent past and present, old and new. The main entrance faces the traditions of Chinatown. The other entrance faces the modernity of the neighborhood called SOHO.
The main exhibit wraps around the central courtyard. The courtyard walls contain several glass openings where videos are shown. They represent different periods of Chinese-American history.
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