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2012

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LOCATED AT FOREST HOUSES, THE BRONX - NEW YORK CITY, SUMMER 2013
"Every
human being
is an
Intellectual."
Antonio greg.org


AMBASSADOR’S NOTE 24

(continues from note 23) Undoubtedly, there is a correlation between the orderly character of architecture and the predictability and lacking innovation of museums. What especially interests me is to consider the potentiality for improvisation present in the open-plan of the pavilion. Can we imagine of imaginative social structures that could release museums from the paralysis inflicted by decades of bureaucracy, routine and consensus? Can the informality of the pavilion, with its emphasis on common areas, reception and hospitality, offer an alternative model to generate immediacy and directness, and moreover relevance? The museum of the future ought to exert pressure on institutional passivity and make the visitor physically and intellectually aware of her or his agency in the construction of unexpected situations.



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