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Museum of Broken Relationships (Chiang Mai)
Museum of Broken Relationships (Chiang Mai)
Chiang Mai, Thailand
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Museum of Broken Relationships (Chiang Mai)
Chiang Mai, Thailand
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STATUS
Built
YEAR
2024
SIZE
3000 sqft - 5000 sqft
BUDGET
$50K - 100K
The Museum of Broken Relationships is a renovation and transformation of a historical Chiang Mai building (Yongchiang) into a museum space. The building, originally a shop and warehouse built in 1904, had already undergone various alterations. In these renovations, many of the original features have disappeared, but what is left and what we aimed to preserve was the original craftsmanship spirit; the main remaining features and materials are the usage of a typical, very dark wood, contrasted with bright plaster surfaces and handcrafted details that are still visible on the facade and in some parts of the interior.
We preserved the original layout as much as possible, but in order to adapt to the new function, we designed interventions at the points where the rooms intersect. They create a kind of interior roof that defines the program: the reception/museum shop space and the gallery space.
The intervention on the ground floor is made from stainless steel to announce the new version of the building, while the upper floor intervention uses wood very similar to the original one to blend as much as possible with the space.
The gallery concept was to make it less institutional by inserting inclinated walls that break the rigidity of the space and serve as a display for different types of objects. Sometimes these walls are arranged in a way to frame a specific view of an object, sometimes they serve as a background, and sometimes they shape a new space, such as the confessional room on the upper floor.
For the object displays/plinths throughout the museum, we used the local wood and gave it a twist by enhancing its texture with a light grey color. They are illuminated from the inside in order to enhance the silhouettes of the objects and mark their presence in the space.
Since the stories and the texts play an important role in the museum experience, we worked closely with DU Studio on developing the graphics that complement the objects and the space. The final result was text printed on paper with a fluorescent background that is mute when seen from afar but resonates with the stories when visitors meet the objects.
We preserved the original layout as much as possible, but in order to adapt to the new function, we designed interventions at the points where the rooms intersect. They create a kind of interior roof that defines the program: the reception/museum shop space and the gallery space.
The intervention on the ground floor is made from stainless steel to announce the new version of the building, while the upper floor intervention uses wood very similar to the original one to blend as much as possible with the space.
The gallery concept was to make it less institutional by inserting inclinated walls that break the rigidity of the space and serve as a display for different types of objects. Sometimes these walls are arranged in a way to frame a specific view of an object, sometimes they serve as a background, and sometimes they shape a new space, such as the confessional room on the upper floor.
For the object displays/plinths throughout the museum, we used the local wood and gave it a twist by enhancing its texture with a light grey color. They are illuminated from the inside in order to enhance the silhouettes of the objects and mark their presence in the space.
Since the stories and the texts play an important role in the museum experience, we worked closely with DU Studio on developing the graphics that complement the objects and the space. The final result was text printed on paper with a fluorescent background that is mute when seen from afar but resonates with the stories when visitors meet the objects.
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