Casarini, Arianna
(2025)
Displaying the architecture of display: contemporary ideologies of museum institutions for architecture, [Dissertation thesis], Alma Mater Studiorum Università di Bologna.
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Abstract
This doctoral project investigates the pivotal role of architectural institutions in shaping the practice of architecture exhibitions and their influence on architectural culture.
While existing scholarship has explored the history, theoretical frameworks, and curatorial strategies of architectural displays, less attention has been given to the institutional frameworks that produce and mediate these exhibitions. This research focuses on architecture museums and centers, examining their ability to develop unique exhibition languages that contribute to the broader discourse on architecture.
The study uses architecture exhibitions as both a methodological tool for analysis and a critical lens for evaluating the display strategies of contemporary museological and para-museological institutions. By analyzing the ideologies that underpin these institutions' curatorial behaviors, the project reconstructs their cultural role in shaping exhibition practices, curatorial policies, and disciplinary agendas. The analyzed case studies include the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and the Het Nieuwe Instituut, which were explored in their historical development and institutional practices through extensive archival research to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the subject.
The inquiry is structured around three primary objectives: (1) to analyze the historical implications of embedding architecture exhibitions within permanent institutions; (2) to explore how architectural institutions have influenced contemporary approaches to exhibiting architecture by identifying diverse practices and their outcomes; and (3) to evaluate the relevance of architectural institutions in fostering architectural culture through exhibitions. Ultimately, this project positions architectural institutions as critical spaces for producing, mediating, and disseminating architectural knowledge. By examining their exhibition histories and display mechanisms, it engages in a theoretical discourse on the conceptual and ideological foundations underlying the practice of exhibiting architecture, offering insights into their disciplinary and cultural significance.
Abstract
This doctoral project investigates the pivotal role of architectural institutions in shaping the practice of architecture exhibitions and their influence on architectural culture.
While existing scholarship has explored the history, theoretical frameworks, and curatorial strategies of architectural displays, less attention has been given to the institutional frameworks that produce and mediate these exhibitions. This research focuses on architecture museums and centers, examining their ability to develop unique exhibition languages that contribute to the broader discourse on architecture.
The study uses architecture exhibitions as both a methodological tool for analysis and a critical lens for evaluating the display strategies of contemporary museological and para-museological institutions. By analyzing the ideologies that underpin these institutions' curatorial behaviors, the project reconstructs their cultural role in shaping exhibition practices, curatorial policies, and disciplinary agendas. The analyzed case studies include the Deutsches Architekturmuseum, the Canadian Centre for Architecture, and the Het Nieuwe Instituut, which were explored in their historical development and institutional practices through extensive archival research to ensure a comprehensive understanding of the subject.
The inquiry is structured around three primary objectives: (1) to analyze the historical implications of embedding architecture exhibitions within permanent institutions; (2) to explore how architectural institutions have influenced contemporary approaches to exhibiting architecture by identifying diverse practices and their outcomes; and (3) to evaluate the relevance of architectural institutions in fostering architectural culture through exhibitions. Ultimately, this project positions architectural institutions as critical spaces for producing, mediating, and disseminating architectural knowledge. By examining their exhibition histories and display mechanisms, it engages in a theoretical discourse on the conceptual and ideological foundations underlying the practice of exhibiting architecture, offering insights into their disciplinary and cultural significance.
Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Casarini, Arianna
Supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Ciclo
35
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
architecture museum; architecture exhibition; institutional critique; institutional history
Data di discussione
13 Febbraio 2025
URI
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Tipologia del documento
Tesi di dottorato
Autore
Casarini, Arianna
Supervisore
Dottorato di ricerca
Ciclo
35
Coordinatore
Settore disciplinare
Settore concorsuale
Parole chiave
architecture museum; architecture exhibition; institutional critique; institutional history
Data di discussione
13 Febbraio 2025
URI
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