Redesigning the exhibition gallery of HiOA

Abstract

The aim of the project was to find out how digital surfaces can bring a positive effect to the exhibition gallery at Oslo and Akershus University College of Applied Sciences (HiOA). Halfway through the project the first aim changed to focus on redesigning the layout of the exhibition gallery. This was because the project was not able to access the correct user group for the gallery. The defined user group was third year students of the art and dissemination class, but were not available during the time of research. To find out the needs for redesigning the gallery both qualitative and quantitative interviews, observations, and comparisons were made to collect both data and thoughts about the gallery. The results indicated that there was a need for digital surfaces as well as a need for changing the layout of the gallery, both floor, walls and ceiling. This can be done by changing the layout of the gallery by remove part of the wall, apply a warm wooden floor, and smooth surfaces for the walls. The project concludes that there is a need for improving the exhibition gallery and make a better education space, which may include digitals surfaces for exhibiting art. It is also recommend to do a test with a moveable digital screen to find the proper placements to exhibit digital projects.