Beyond the Display Case. Proposals for New Formats in Documentary Exhibitions

“…Based on these reflections, the need was seen to give physical form to a hybrid, dynamic and social space, whose layout was sufficiently flexible to allow the development of certain functions of other spaces without being limited only to one: a classroom / a lounge / a projection room / an assembly room / an auditorium / an exhibition hall / a meeting room / a reading room / a café / a workshop. The physical layout of this room therefore needed to be aimed at the combination of uses traditionally associated with libraries and archives, others that usually take place in auditoria and still others that, to an extent, are in fact those of an exhibition hall. The expectation was to achieve a space that facilitated activities related to study and reading…”