The idea of a new animal occupying an old skin is understood to involve a formally divergent typology which both cooperates and contrasts with L. Cosenza’s existing building and modernist forms. Leaving the walls of the old gallery in place, the new gallery and artist’s residence create more dynamic spaces, in both their interiors, and in the exterior space between the new walls and the old. A second operation, is the artist’s intervention in the art gallery itself. The arms of the “new animal” reach into this space, interrupting the clean lines of the bar. This intervention acts to both separate the program of the exhibition space (allowing for a higher range of exhibition type), and to force interaction between the artists and the museum’s visitors. The arms themselves house studio and workshop space that is used by the artists, but open to the gallery as well. While the artist’s studio space allows for direct access to the public galleries, a moveable partition wall allows the artist to choose his level of interaction with the galleries.