Provincetown Art Association & Museum

This included creating the Patrons, Jalbert and Duffy Galleries, as well as much needed new art storage areas and an expanded Museum School. In contrast to the existing galleries, which are closed within the building, the new ones open towards Commercial Street, Provincetown´s major pedestrian thoroughfare. This gesture is meant to literally and figuratively open the institution to the community. As part of the second phase, all of the building´s mechanical, electrical and plumbing systems were replaced, and the building was brought into compliance with current building and ADA codes. All told, the work took nearly three years to complete and has roughly doubled the size of the institution. PAAM was designed to rigorous standards of sustainable design and has earned a Silver LEED rating. PAAM is the first LEED rated art museum in the United States. Significant aspects of PAAM´s green design include a thermally efficient building "skin," the use of natural light and a "daylight dimming" system for the galleries and studio spaces, a photovoltaic array on the new roof. The building also has a "natural ventilation system" which, when appropriate, allows the building to be cooled with outside air.