MJW
Architecture

The Achilles

A museum for Worcester, MA

A museum proposal developed through studies of structure, circulation, and egress. An exploded structural view, plans, sections, and renderings describe how the building is organized and experienced.

Course
Architectural Design Studio III: Structural System Integration
Year
2025
Team
Maxwell J. Wiesenfeld, Joan Amuasi, and Nathaniel Powers
Exterior rendering of The Achilles museum with a sweeping curved roof, illuminated glazed entrance, and a moonlit sky.
Exterior at dusk
Tall museum lobby with timber flooring, a glazed facade, and curved roof structure visible overhead.
Lobby interior
Museum gallery with timber flooring and exposed triangular roof framing.
Gallery interior
Exploded view of the curved roof, trusses, floor plates, vertical cores, and supporting columns.
Exploded structural study
Exploded program diagram and full color legend showing exhibition, public, service, auditorium, circulation, and parking spaces.
Early program study
Site model diagram with a curved sun-path arrow, orange solar arrows, blue airflow arrows, and a north marker.
Site and environmental study
Floor plan organizing the main atrium, cafe, gift shop, auditorium, and egress routes.
Lobby and auditorium plan
Upper exhibition plan with a curved atrium edge, repeated columns, enclosed program spaces, and stairs.
Exhibition floor plan
Complete museum cross-section showing a curved roof over galleries and the auditorium.
Museum cross-section
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