Case Study for Preservation

http://cool.conservation-us.org/byorg/spnhc/spnhc1.html

The website gives the general requirements for the people, which we can use in program...
"A museum has the ethical and legal responsibility to ensure that collections in its custody are "protected, sure, unencumbered, cared for, and preserved" (American Association of Museums, 1992). Any institution holding collections of value to the scientific community has an obligation to endorse this code. To fulfill this responsibility, it is essential that institutions take steps to mitigate the use of scientifically unsound preparation and other treatment techniques, poor environmental conditions, and negligent handling in order to protect the physical and chemical integrity of specimens and artifacts for present and future needs. Guidelines for professional management and care should be applied not only to research collections, but also to education and exhibit collections. Institutions should implement systems that ensure preservation both of documentation and of specimens and artifacts."

Very general information, but still, the artifacts will need replicas to be used, and originals be maintained in a suitable yet displayed with most consideration to the people.

In the picture above, the artifacts are seen from certain angles only, which limits its reality.

Project 2: Natural History Museum in Churchill Manitoba, Canada

The research I am doing right now is mainly focused on the size shape and what a museum holds and does.  The best museums seem to be the ones that,

Make the people participate

The website http://www.travelmuse.com/articles/general-features/top-natural-history-museums led me to the Smithsonian National Museum of Natural History.  The participatory features of the museum is something we can recreate in our own museums too.

The flow of crowd is very fluid in the museum, and the displays keep changing and getting more interesting.  The animals, birds can be exhibited in different areas with more variation.

The bones of the polar bears can be exhibited too.
Prashanta

Project 1: The Bus

The bus of approx. size of 18' by 7'6" was bought by our client and we had to redesign it.  This was my board.
     The primary thought process was to build a room that would be functionally solid as well as be a great partition which would stop heavy equipment.  The couch could be replaced with a full kitchen but I would have to look more closely into the miniaturization of kitchen equipment.  Or it could be left with the couch for a open living space.  The back is sleeping and bath all supported by the same steel poles.
     I was going for the theme of movement of shadows as the poles make as well as trying to keep the exterior of the school bus  the same.  Hopefully, the movement of shadows is seen enough that it really feels like a bus yet a livable space.
Prashanta

Introduction

Hi,
      I'm Prashanta Singh a student at NDSU and this is a blog of all the things we are doing in the ARCH 371 a 'studio class.'  I will be posting websites and pictures of my progress.  I welcome you to put comments no matter how bad it might be.

Prashanta