%0 Journal Article
%T Architecture by Design: Exhibiting Architecture Architecturally Le design de l¡¯architecture : Pr¨¦senter l¡¯architecture architecturalement
%A Jennifer Carter
%J MediaTropes
%D 2012
%I University of Toronto Libraries
%X Drawing on a series of exhibitions curated and installed at the Canadian Centre for Architecture in Montr¨¦al throughout the 1990s and the early millennium, this essay analyzes how architecture and its representation in museological exhibitions have innovated forms of communication and display practices, transcending the traditions established by the fine arts paradigm since the late eighteenth century. The author argues that in addition to providing a heightened recognition of the narrative and performative potential of the exhibitionary setting, the discourses and tensions specific to architecture and architectural practice have led to a rethinking of the communicative potential of the exhibition environment. Principles inherent to architecture¡ªspatiality, materiality, and the experiential¡ªare fruitful when considering the possibilities of exhibition design to elucidate multiple levels of meaning, and these principles have led to architecture¡¯s coming-of-age in the museological environment in ways that are specific to re aedificatoria¡ªthe art of building itself. S¡¯inspirant d¡¯une s¨¦rie d¡¯expositions con ues et install¨¦es par le Centre Canadien d¡¯Architecture ¨¤ Montr¨¦al des ann¨¦es 1990 au d¨¦but du mill¨¦naire, cet article analyse les innovations en mati¨¨re de communication et de pr¨¦sentation apport¨¦es par l¡¯architecture et sa repr¨¦sentation dans les lieux mus¨¦ologiques, d¨¦laissant des traditions ¨¦tablies par les beaux-arts depuis la fin du dix-huiti¨¨me si¨¨cle. En plus de mettre en ¨¦vidence le potentiel narratif et performatif de l¡¯environnement d¡¯exposition, les discours et tensions sp¨¦cifiques ¨¤ l¡¯architecture et ¨¤ sa pratique ont men¨¦ ¨¤ une r¨¦flexion en profondeur du potentiel communicatif de l¡¯environnement de l¡¯exposition. Les principes propres ¨¤ l¡¯architecture¡ªla spatialit¨¦, la mat¨¦rialit¨¦ et l¡¯exp¨¦rience¡ªsont g¨¦n¨¦rateurs de nouvelles possibilit¨¦s pour le processus de design d¡¯exposition. Ces nouveaux principes permettent d'¨¦clairer des niveaux de sens multiples et ont men¨¦ ¨¤ une nouvelle ¨¨re de l¡¯exposition d¡¯architecture selon la conception sp¨¦cifique du re aedificatoria¡ªl¡¯art de l¡¯architecture.
%K architectural exhibition
%K representation
%K fine arts
%K narrative
%K Canadian Centre for Architecture
%K exhibition design
%K reflexivity
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