OBJECT/DISPLAY/ARCHITECTURE: INTEGRATING SCALES IN MUSEUM EXHIBITION DESIGN

Abstract

Even though it is widely recognized that museum objects, display design, and museum architecture greatly affect each other when it comes to museum exhibitions, their actual integration – during both the process of developing exhibitions and in the final result – is often lacking. This paper will explore an alternative approach to museum exhibition design, in which object scale, display scale, and architectural scale are integrated and worked with as a single malleable design material. Based on the analysis of a student project conducted at the MA program Spatial Design at the Royal Danish Academy and drawing on theoretical perspectives on fluidity and temporality within the fields of contemporary architecture and interior design, the paper will investigate the potential of an exhibition design practice that works in the object/display/architecture nexus.