Newark's Collaborative Collective
Atelier 01: Cabinet of Curiosities
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‘Newark’s Collaborative Collective’ is a museum located alongside the ruins of Newark Castle. The museum is centred around the visitor and their experience. It is comprised of exhibition spaces and workshops that encourage community collaboration, where the resulting artwork that has been produced collectively can be displayed.
The conceptual inspiration for the project was formed in response to the historic castle ruins on the site, and how best the design could respond, relate and adapt to the rich existing landscape.
This in combination with wanting to encourage people to visit the site led to four key concepts of: engagement; interaction;
Project
balancing the new and the existing; and concealment and transparency. The overall concept is a synthesis of all of these qualities, resulting in a design that is sensitive to the castle ruins but also encourages people to interact with the new created space.
The value and development of these elements has been supported and informed by the research undertook as part the final year research module. The research into how to encourage people to visit museums, and how to further encourage them to engage with the exhibited works has highlighted the importance of the above included design elements.
