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Exhibition Design: Graduate Exhibition

The final minor project at Carleton University was to design and produce the exhibition for our thesis projects. This exhibit was a group effort between the five students that I worked with for the Regeneration Sustainable Computing Competition.

Phase one was a space study. We visited the gallery that the exhibition was going to take place in to get an idea of size and layout. Our space was two floors tall, between the two columns shown below:

We then worked on layout and group continuity. This is a 1/10th scale model built out of foamcore and used to test ideas.

The final ideas was to build five separate plinths out of 2x2 lumber and cloroplast. This came about as a goal to minimize material usage and create a light and spacious looking area in our limited space.

A light material was then hung from the ceiling that was a spatial continuation of our presentation boards. This would make use of the vertical space that we were given and create interest in our work from both floors of the gallery. The material would then have an animation projected on it from the second floor. This was a tree that was made up of different words that were associated with the theme of sustainability.

The plinths were designed as to display our models on a layer of grass. As sod was not available this early in the spring, we used different types of grasses from a garden center.

The word "REGENERATION" was cut out of pine and attached to the wall as a group logo.

The cloroplast was solid enough to create visual mass, but transparent enough to transmit light, and show the detail of the wood frame inside. The grass was taken care of and returned to nature after the show.

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