Monday 26 November 2007

THE PATAN MUSEUM

The PATAN MUSEUM (Katmandhu) offers a modern example of contemporary MUSEUM DESIGN within the context of a historic monument: a palace.
The challenge, here, was to harmonize contemporary display techniques with the historic fabric of the palace at a high international standard.
The displays are varied and tend to blend unobtrusively in the interior.
On the example below, minimalist showcases design focus visitors'attention on one object at a time; inducing a contemplative mode; unhindered by information; fusing the aesthetic with the spiritual:





Elsewhere, in the palace, some of the showcases embedded in the walls incorporate architectural elements (arches) which attempt to present the objects in a less neutral space, but detract somewhat in their emphatic visibility. The standing showcases represent an in-between position; which presents the objects as precious objects and works of art offered to our delectation.

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