The Robert Olnick Pavilion is an extension of the MagaZZino Museum of Italian Arte Povera in Cold Spring, New York.

The new Pavilion has two floors and is a straight rectangular parallelepiped-shaped building of reinforced concrete, which will house a Murano glass collection, the cafeteria, and more exhibition spaces.

Special emphasis is placed on the main exhibit area, which is a white, cubic, isotropic space that will house temporary exhibitions and serve as a focal point of the museum.

Isotropic space, as defined by the dictionary, has the same characteristics in all directions and from any point. If we could fly, from the centre the space would be identical in all directions.

So, in that cubic white and isotropic space, 10x10x10m, at each corner, we made an opening of 2.10 x 2.10 x 2.10 x 2.10m so that the sun can enter there at any time of the day. The spatial effect is wonderful.

We have chosen 2.10m as the size of the opening so that, when located on walls that are in contact with the floor, they have suitable dimensions to serve as doorways. The two holes thus positioned, will be entrance doors to our white and luminous cubic enclosure. Furthermore, it is of primary importance that these 2.10 x 2.10m holes are all very deep.

Following simple logic, we eliminated the opening corresponding to the floor plane.

In addition, we created a particularly interesting feature by drilling a 2.10 x 2.10m deep hole in the centre of the wall, so that the entire spatial operation can be understood at a glance.