Exhibit Space
Year
'24
Client
Swinburne University
Service
Architectural/Spatial Design
An exhibition pavilion for the Melbourne Botanic Gardens, designed to house the work of Oxman Institute. A single folded canopy rests lightly over a partly sunken gallery, sheltering the exhibition without competing with it.
© Exhibit Space
Brief
Designed for an exhibition design subject at Swinburne, this project proposed a temporary space within the Melbourne Botanic Gardens to house the work of Neri Oxman. The building was intended to defer to both the exhibition and the surrounding garden.
Approach
A faceted canopy folds down over a sunken viewing space, creating a quiet spatial threshold between garden and exhibition. The form reads as one continuous surface settling onto the land, light in presence but structured enough to frame the work beneath it.
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