Perez Art Museum Miami (PAMM)

Forgoing LEED accreditation for sustainability goals specific to this project, the Miami Art Museum utilizes extensive roof overhangs, elevated decks over parking areas, and innovative botanical features to maximize the cooling effects of natural air flow across the site while minimizing HVAC loads. Anticipating water shortages, the landscape design does not require any city water for irrigation, relying instead on rainwater collected and stored on site and A/C condensation taken from the building. Such extensive integration of building systems required intensive collaboration with the architects and the mechanical, plumbing, and civil engineers.

Additional environmentally sensitive design decisions were made to reduce the resources necessary for the maintenance of such a nature-infused building. The elevated public deck will sit above a parking lot made from crushed shells, and allow rainwater to infiltrate the ground naturally. The native and adapted plant palette was carefully considered to require minimal amounts of water, support the habitation of animals found in the area, and integrate the built elements of the Museum Park.