Entry Plaza & Parking Structure

The main entry plaza for the Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art features a reflecting pool with an installation entitled “One Sun/34 Moons” by Walter De Maria. The 450-car below-grade parking structure features a specially formed ‘wave tee’ ceiling — made of precast and rest-in-place concrete — with 37 lenses bringing filtered light down from the 160 by 140 foot pool above. The structure provides connections to the surrounding sculpture garden and to the Bloch Building addition, including an underground entry to the plaza courtyard.