The Architecture of Exhibitions

Alessandro Melis is a distinguished architect and art curator who currently holds the prestigious position of the first Endowed Chair Professor at the New York Institute of Technology. He was appointed by the Italian Minster of Culture as the curator of the Italian Pavilion at La Biennale di Venezia in 2021 and was honored as an ambassador of Italian Design in 2020–2024 (Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs). Rozina Vavetsi is a visual designer and associate professor in the Department of Digital Art and Design at New York Tech. With more than 20 years in higher education, Vavetsi teaches a wide variety of undergraduate and graduate graphic design courses, and she actively contributes to various academic initiatives, such as revising curricula, designing new courses, engaging in partnerships with local high schools and international universities, and serving as a liaison with the design community. Fabio Finotti, an Emeritus Professor at the University of Pennsylvania, held the prestigious Mariano DiVito Chair of Italian Literature. Additionally, Finotti's leadership extends to his role as the President of the Interuniversity Master's Degree in Italian Studies, a collaborative program between the University of Trieste and the University of Udine. Appointed by the Italian Government, Finotti is the Director of the Italian Institute of Culture in New York since 2020.

List of figures

Preface

Acknowledgements

PART 1 – A New Perspective on the Origin of Art Exhibition

Chapter 1 - The Origin of the Design of Exhibition Space

Chapter 2 - Art Exhibition from the Classic Perspective

Chapter 3 - An Historical Perspective of Architecture for Art Exhibition.

PART 2 – Present and Future Scenarios for Art Exhibition

Chapter 4 - Graphic Narratives for Social Transformation: Weaving Stories into the Built Environment

Chapter 5 - Future Developments

Chapter 6 - Community Resilience at the Venice Biennale (2021-2023)

PART 3 – Practice Based Research in Contemporary Art Exhibition

Chapter 7 - Art Exhibition: Guest Contributions, Case Studies, Professional and academic Experiences

PART 3.1 – Innovations and challenges in traditional art exhibition settings: Guest Contributions

Chapter 8 - Meta-Exhibition Designs

Anthony Caradonna

Chapter 9 - The Architecture of Exhibitions and the Exhibition of Architectures. What are we “left” with?

Giovani Santamaria

Chapter 10 - The Tyranny of Distance?

Andrew Barrie and Mike Davies

PART 3.2 – Interdisciplinary Innovations and Immersive Experiences

Chapter 11 - Components, Representations, and Pixels. Three-Dimensional Resolution through Digital Fabrication

Fadhil Fadhil

Chapter 12 - Stereoma: Crating an Immersive Spatial Experience

Dustin White

Chapter 13 - Field Notes from My Little Aurora: Close Encounters of the Robotic Kind. Enacting Human-Robot Coexistence in Everyday Life Performing Spaces

Antonino Di Raimo

Chapter 14 - Marmomac Meets Academies. The Greatest Show of Stone Experimentation

Giuseppe Fallacara, Sara D’Adamo, Clara Rosa Romano, and Maria Giovanna Pansini

Chapter 15 - Towards Non-Humans’ Embassies

Enrico Lain and Saverio Massaro

PART 3.3 – The Social, Political, And Narrative Dimension Of Art Exhibition

Chapter 16 - 416_SR1938. The Presence of Memory in the Perceptual Experience

Elena Cologni

Chapter 17 - Holier Than Thou

Lanfranco Aceti

Chapter 18 - Phygital: A Designer’s Call to Action

Jonathan Alger and Maya Koptyman

Chapter 19 - Enhancing the Sense of Place through Performative Arts: The Case of Venice

Jose Antonio Lara-Hernandez

Chapter 20 - Visual Voices: Female-Themed Murals as Community Exhibitions in the South Bronx

Barbora Melis

Chapter 21 - Gravitational Waves Architecture. Architecture as a Tool for the Transmission of Scientific Knowledge

Massimo Faiferri, Lino Cabras, Fabricio Pusceddu, Benedetta Medas and Daniel Menichini

PART 4 – Conclusion

Chapter 22 - Reflection and Conclusion on the Evolution and Innovation of Exhibition Spaces

Chapter 23 - The Handbook. Designing Exhibition Spaces

Index