FEATURE museums within this ceiling is tunable at each bay to allow a nearly infinite array of lighting conditions, which in turn support different types of activities. The floor map actually exists below this ceiling system and is planned to support activities such as catered events and lectures, in addition to educational programming." Another change in museums and galleries is a re-evaluation of daylighting, as was the case in Cooper Robertson's work at the new Whitney Museum. Historical gallery design minimized daylight, maximized wall surface, and subsequently turned museums and visitor experience inward. When architects did introduce daylight Right. Historically avoided, daylighting is increasingly being introduced to some museums and galleries, as was the case in Cooper Robertson's work at the new Whitney Museum. Photo: Courtesy Cooper Robertson Below. At the recently completed Whitney Museum of American Art in New York City, great effort was made to soften the barrier between the museum and its surrounding public streetscape and allow the public arena to extend as deeply into the ground floor as possible. Photo: Ed Lederman, courtesy Cooper Robertson 14 COMMERCI A L A RCHI T EC T URE JUNE 2018 commercialarchitecturemagazine.comhttp://www.commercialarchitecturemagazine.com