Conceiving an exhibition on architecture involves exploring the best manner to communicate the experience of space to the audience, simultaneously acknowledging the physical distance to the built structures and proposing a “neutral” venue to formulate an author’s vision. The apparent impossibility of bringing real-sized structures (in 1:1 scale) into the galleries of a museum has largely defined …
Conceiving an exhibition on architecture involves exploring the best manner to communicate the experience of space to the audience, simultaneously acknowledging the physical distance to the built structures and proposing a “neutral” venue to formulate an author’s vision. The apparent impossibility of bringing real-sized structures (in 1:1 scale) into the galleries of a museum has largely defined the conventions of architectural exhibitions. Historically, the most often used approach is to recreate buildings—either physically built or not—in a smaller scale (models), along with sketches, …
