EXHIBITION DESIGN

PERTEMUAN KE – 4
24 September 2020

Nikki Indah Andraini, S. Ds., MA

 Exhibition Design – The Site
• This chapter looks at the variety of approaches designer can take to a
site, depending on whether an exhibition is permanent or
contemporary, and whether the space in which held is open or closed.
• The Permanent Exhibition Site
If a new building is involved the designers, in conjunction with an
architect, may be able to manipulate environmental constraints and
opportunities to deepen the visitor experience.
Careful positioning of building elements, particularly on windows, in
respect of prevailing wind directions and the movements of the sun
will enhance the energy efficiency of the building and reduce the
need for air conditioning and central heating.
The Permanet Exhibition Site
The Holocaust Memorial Museum, US
The Permanet Exhibition Site
Edo Tokyo Museum, Jepang
 Exhibition Design – The Site
• ‘Open’ Exhibition Spaces
Some galleries aredesigned to exhibits in the context of the
surrounding landscape, it cal “open” exhibition spaces. The pleasure
of an exhibition in an open gallery is the interplay between the
exhibits and their environment. For the designers, this type of
exhibition have some drawback. First, the exhibits have to compete
with whatever visitors can see out of a window and it is more difficult
to manipulate the viewer’s attention.
• Open galleries are unsuitable for objects that may harmed by
ultraviolet rays and high lux levels. Fabrics, watercolours and books,
for example, are severely affected by daylight and can deteriote visibly
during the course of an exhibition.
‘Open’ Exhibition Spaces
Tom Dixon & Be Open Exhibition
‘Open’ Exhibition Spaces
Suzhou Art Museum
 Exhibition Design – The Site
• ‘Closed’ Exhibition Spaces
Clossed galleries allows designers to construct a narrative using
sound, film, interactivity without external distraction
From the perspective of conservation, temperature, humidity, and
ultraviolet rays can be carefully monitored.
After roughly an hour the closed environment, especially where light
levels are very low or there are dramatic contrasts between light and
dark can become oppresive for visitors.
 ‘Closed’ Exhibition Spaces
Nowadays Office, Rusia
The exhibition took place in two shop floors of a former factory that had been transformed into an influential Moscow center
for arts and culture
 ‘Closed’ Exhibition Spaces
Naoshima Island, Paris Exhibition, France
Naoshima Island, Works Of Architect Tadao Ando, Featured At Paris Exhibition
 ASSIGNMENTS
Studio Assignment:
1. Students are asked to developing
concept design for small stand (6 m
x 6 m x 3.5 m) and exercise some
alternatives design solutions
2. Studies including the user activities,
behavior and habits.