Corey Boucher Portfolio 2015

Lying in the middle of the Dallas Arts District, the First Texans Museum takes the spot of a
parking (#6 above) to preserve the history of the Native Americans who inhabited the area
that would later become Texas. The unique challenge presented here is the presence of
dozens of buildings in the nearby area that already command a lot of attention, having
been designed by multiple Pritzker prize-winning architects.
The museum takes its form from the most traditional weapon the Native American's had -
the bow and arrow - and the longhouses that some tribes often inhabited. The common
history of the Native American tribes is preserved in the open galleries in the north of the
muesum, but a central tower encloses the Galleries of Contact and Effect, which chronicle
the tragic and often covered history of Native American tribes and their oppression by
European settlers.