Brooklyn studio O’Neill McVoy Architects has adapted a historic powerhouse into a museum for children in the Bronx that highlights the historical building while adding playful details. O’Neill McVoy Architects inserted the Bronx Children’s Museum into the second floor of the rectilinear building. …Owned by the New York City Department of Parks, it broke ground in 2017 but wasn’t completed until 2022 due to the COVID-19 pandemic and bureaucratic delays. The 15,160-square foot museum… has curved wooden and translucent acrylic partition walls that spiral, diverge and reconnect. The curving forms were made from cross-laminated timber. The LEED Gold-certified project is the “first use of curved cross-laminated timber (CLT) in the U.S.,” according to the studio. The CLT panels also interlock with etched, recycled-acrylic panels that are softer to the touch than glass.