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TALK ON GENOCIDE MUSEUM DESIGN TO BE HELD AT MEMEAC
By:Armenian Weekly
Mon, Oct 31 2011
NEW YORK-On Tues., Nov. 1, the Middle East and Middle Eastern American
Center (MEMEAC) at the Graduate Center, City University of New York
(CUNY) and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research
(NAASR) will present "Traces: A Museum Without Artifacts-Design,
Projection, and the Armenian Genocide."
The featured speakers are Prof. Martin Bechthold and Allen Sayegh
of Harvard University's Graduate School of Design (GSD). Architect
Nishan Kazazian will provide additional comments.
In 2010, Bechthold and Sayegh led an advanced studio at the GSD
entitled "Traces" that explored the design of a museum without
artifacts through the study of immersive projection environments. The
studio is based on the premise that design strategies must
simultaneously consider (and design) both the projected content and
the physical nature of the spatial environment. This timely topic has
been previously explored on the scale of installations, but remains
poorly understood when expanded to an entire museum.
"Traces" challenged students to implement their design strategies
in proposals for a museum environment dedicated to the Armenian
Genocide in Yerevan. The possibility of realizing a new museum is
under discussion in Armenia-hence providing a realistic context for
the studio. Students traveled to the existing Genocide Museum and
Institute in Yerevan during a field trip to Armenia to allow for
in-depth on-site research and exploration.
Bechthold is the co-director of the Master in Design Studies
Program, director of the GSD Fabrication Labs, and director of the
Interdepartmental GSD Technology Platform. Sayegh is an architect and
the president and founder of Invivia, a Cambridge-based digital design
firm. Kazazian has his own design, art, and architectural practice
in New York, the A&A Design Group, specializing in the integration
of art in architecture. He teaches at Parsons School of Design and
at New York University.
The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. in Room C201, the Graduate
Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., at 34th St. in New York.
By:Armenian Weekly
Mon, Oct 31 2011
NEW YORK-On Tues., Nov. 1, the Middle East and Middle Eastern American
Center (MEMEAC) at the Graduate Center, City University of New York
(CUNY) and the National Association for Armenian Studies and Research
(NAASR) will present "Traces: A Museum Without Artifacts-Design,
Projection, and the Armenian Genocide."
The featured speakers are Prof. Martin Bechthold and Allen Sayegh
of Harvard University's Graduate School of Design (GSD). Architect
Nishan Kazazian will provide additional comments.
In 2010, Bechthold and Sayegh led an advanced studio at the GSD
entitled "Traces" that explored the design of a museum without
artifacts through the study of immersive projection environments. The
studio is based on the premise that design strategies must
simultaneously consider (and design) both the projected content and
the physical nature of the spatial environment. This timely topic has
been previously explored on the scale of installations, but remains
poorly understood when expanded to an entire museum.
"Traces" challenged students to implement their design strategies
in proposals for a museum environment dedicated to the Armenian
Genocide in Yerevan. The possibility of realizing a new museum is
under discussion in Armenia-hence providing a realistic context for
the studio. Students traveled to the existing Genocide Museum and
Institute in Yerevan during a field trip to Armenia to allow for
in-depth on-site research and exploration.
Bechthold is the co-director of the Master in Design Studies
Program, director of the GSD Fabrication Labs, and director of the
Interdepartmental GSD Technology Platform. Sayegh is an architect and
the president and founder of Invivia, a Cambridge-based digital design
firm. Kazazian has his own design, art, and architectural practice
in New York, the A&A Design Group, specializing in the integration
of art in architecture. He teaches at Parsons School of Design and
at New York University.
The event will take place at 6:30 p.m. in Room C201, the Graduate
Center, CUNY, 365 Fifth Ave., at 34th St. in New York.