A house for a collector of ideas

Site: Providence, RI, USA

Year: Spring 2013

 

Similar to other museums in the United States, the RISD Museum receives a large amount of donations from different collectors. However only 3% of the works are on display, the rest are kept in the storage. 

 

The central idea of this project is to give flexibility to the museum’s curators allowing them to rotate elements of its permanent collection in new ways. This will provide opportunities to show items that might otherwise remain in storage, and will allow for new perceptions of the chosen pieces and their 

associated narratives.