On Stage 博物馆展览设计 by Skevi Farazi is a highly esteemed winner of the very prestigious 2020 A' Design Award 铜奖 in 室内空间与展览设计 Competition Category.

铜室内· 2020

On Stage 博物馆展览设计

by Skevi Farazi

Client: THOC & Limassol Municipality

A' Design Award 铜奖 Winner in 室内 Category

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The Design

About On Stage 博物馆展览设计

《登台》是塞浦路斯戏剧博物馆的常设展览。展览以体验式的方式探索戏剧的不同层面,使观看与表演之间的界限相互交织。空间布局如同一出戏剧的幕次,分为三个部分展开。"历史"是一条通道,起到知识过滤器的作用。"幕后贡献者"部分呈现了通常不为观众所知的演出制作环节。"演出"则是终幕,揭示最终的呈现成果。一个位于中央的对角线展柜将空间一分为二,并引导观众的参观动线。

The Recognition

About the A' Design Award 铜奖

On Stage 博物馆展览设计是 A' Design Award 铜奖得主，这是授予以创造力、独创性和敏锐见长的杰出设计的极具声望的认可。铜奖得主是技艺娴熟、创意惊人的作品，印证了其设计师丰富的经验、想象力与机智。预计On Stage 博物馆展览设计将成为一件备受推崇、令人钦佩且被珍爱的物品，兼具显著的专业性与创新性。这件赢得 A' Design Award 铜奖的设计融入艺术、科学、设计和技术领域的最佳实践，并因注重细节而出类拔萃。On Stage 博物馆展览设计出色地满足需求，触动渴望，迷住情感，并吸引好奇心。

Behind the Design

Press Kit

Credits, team members and technical details provided by the designer.

Unique Properties: 'On Stage' is the permanent exhibition of the Cyprus Theatre Museum. It aims to explore the different aspects of theatre in an experiential approach where boundaries of spectating and acting are intertwined. The exhibition unfolds in three parts: The History, a passage that acts as a filter of knowledge. The Contributors which showcases all aspects of the production which usually are unknown to the spectator. The Performance which as a final act reveals the final outcome.
Tags: theatre, museum, exhibition, interior, design, showcase, stage, contributors, space, curation
Production Technology: A central diagonal showcase splits the space in 3 sections and directs the visitors through wide and narrow paths, in a flow of pauses and transitions from one section to the other. It opens only to the final part and prevents thus the visual connection between the different sections.
The entrance to the museum creates a play of knowledge through the reflections of mirrors, where the spectator, the graphics and displays dissolve their actual barriers in space and time.
Design Challenge: The various materials of the existing space, such as natural stone on walls, timber roof, metal and concrete structures and big luminous windows needed to be approached with respect but on the same time without overshadowing the actual presentation of the exhibition items which demanded a dark space to allow them as such to be highlighted.
The aesthetic balance between the exhibition design and the actual display object which by itself is ‘flamboyant’ was constantly tested.
Research: An elaborate research was done on precedent examples, the new trends of museology and the ways of communicating the information with different media. Various display systems, materials and colour palettes were explored so that all items could be displayed in a balanced design.
The design was inextricably linked with the museological approach and developed in parallel with the exhibition material research until the final selection.
Inspiration: Having as a reference the magic one experiences when watching a theatrical performance, the design aims to create a narrative space which evolves gradually as a 'theatrical plot’ in different ‘acts’.
The transition from one section to the other is visually distinct allowing the surprise and the unexpected to escalate as in a theatrical play. Being on stage, backstage or in a dressing room were the main references for visual representations and interactive displays.
Project Duration: 2010-2012
Limassol - Cyprus
Team Members: Designer: Skevi Farazi
Museologist: Sofia Antoniadou
Graphic Designer: Marika Ioannou
Audiovisual: Nicoleta Kalatha
Lighting Design: Dakis Sevastides
Image Credits: Image #1: Photographer Socrates Socratous, 2012
Image #2: Photographer Socrates Socratous, 2012
Image #3: Photographer Socrates Socratous, 2012
Image #4: Photographer Socrates Socratous, 2012
Image #5: Photographer Socrates Socratous, 2012