UC Davis Art Museum . California  Kitchell . WORKac . WRL .
images: © Regents of the University of California, Davis campus
A bold, open-faced icon along an outermost edge of UC Davis’
campus, the Jan Shrem and Maria Manetti Shrem Museum of Art re-
imagines the intersections among art, higher education and
everyday life.  The Slant A beacon to students and visitors
alike, the building renders UC Davis’ long history of engagement
with the arts visible to the campus and city beyond. Through a
careful and innovative reordering of traditional museum
conventions, the highly-accessible building becomes a platform
for collective learning, creation and experimentation—a showcase
for UC Davis’ artistic legacy and its evolution as a cutting-
edge cultural force and an integral and vibrant hub for future
student To emphasize the building’s role as a destination for
multiple audiences, the team devised a simple and striking
parallelogram form that maximizes opportunities for public space
throughout the site. Two corners o