The Perot Museum of Nature & Science recently broke ground on its $185M Victory Park location. Museum leadership committee chairman Forrest Hoglund and Ross Perot, Jr., at the podium, address the crowd from the front of a 30' x 11' Rube-Goldberg-inspired contraption incorporating elements of the museum from T-Rex to geodes to planets. Ross is not only the leader of Victory Park’s parent company, Hillwood, but he and his siblings gave $50M toward construction in honor or their parents—H. Ross & Margot Perot. Completion is expected by early 2013. |
The museum’s goal, says CEO Nicole Small, is to inspire children to become the next generation of scientists, physicians, engineers, mathematicians, and technology pioneers. Designed by Pritzker Prize-winning architect Thom Mayne, it will be built by Balfour Beatty. The project team includes: Good, Fulton & Farrell as local architect and sustainability consultant; JAMA and Datum as the structural engineers; BuroHappold for mechanical, electrical and plumbing; OVI for lighting; URS (formerly Dallas-based Lopez Garcia Group) for civil engineering; Hillwood Development Company as development manager, TalleyAssociates as landscape architect,Terracon to handle geotech; and DeShazo Tang to handle traffic design and management. The exhibit designers are Ralph Applebaum Associates; Paul Bernhard Exhibit Design & Consulting of Austin; and the Science Museum of Minnesota. And if you’ve made it through that list in one sitting, you too belong in a museum. |
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