www.designboom.com: david adjaye has revealed plans for a spy museum in new york, which is set to open in december 2017. located in midtown manhattan, the institution seeks to immerse visitors in the secretive universe of espionage through storytelling and customized experiences. titled ‘SPYSCAPE’, the 60,000 square foot building comprises a series of pavilions, which each house exhibition spaces concentrated on seven distinct spy-themes.
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Who doesn't want to be a secret agent? Most interesting career in the world. This new museum in New York looks like both an interesting and informative way to spend your day. The design of the new spy museum looks like it matches the theme perfectly: "
adjaye associates’ design references the interiors of the significant spy organizations, with smoked glazed doors and interactive video walls used throughout. the remainder of the material palette includes fiber cement, dark gray acoustic paneling, and black linoleum. meanwhile, one of the exhibition pavilions takes the form of a weathered steel drum with curved paneling. a further sense of intrigue and discovery is established through varied lighting strategies, transparencies between floors, and screens and perforations designed to shift users’ vantage points." Ah such a cool design, I kind of hope the museum can be adults only, in order to keep the noise level down, which seems appropriate for the topic of the museum.
This museum exhibit looks like it is going to be awesome. Like Kelly said, who hasn't once wanted to be a spy? That kind of career is fantasied to be suave and mysterious – a sort of high stakes, film noir kind of lifestyle. Just the description of the space sounds dark and secretive. I think it's a good move to combine the mysterious, illusion inducing architecture – "varied lighting strategies, transparencies between floors, and screens and perforations designed to shift users’ vantage points" – and "state-of-the-art interactive technology" because that does encapsulate the old and modern view of what espionage is – undercover agents sneaking through alley ways passing around briefcases with special assignments and the world of hacking and digital espionage. I wonder what the exhibit will actually be about. Will it focus on real world spy secrets or the fantasy world of espionage that the film world has created? I would most definitely take the time to see this exhibit if I had the chance. Articles like this remind me that if theatre ever fails me, I could always be a museum exhibit creator, and it would be just cool and interesting.
I initially balked at the notion of having a competitor to The Spy Museum in D.C. After all, what place could be better than the nation's capital - perhaps both most obvious target and largest root of espionage and clandestine activities - for a museum about spycraft? Yet, it seems as though these two museums will have very different feels. This New York museum seems to emphasize ambiance more, crafting a holistic and experiential environment for visitors. The D.C. Spy Museum - which I have visited several times - emphasizes information more than ambiance. While it is a well constructed environment, the D.C. museum does not work as a cohesive whole. Rather, visitors are guided through several different environments, none of which utilize the same angles and feeling that it sounds like this New York museum will try to capture. I would be very interested in visiting this New York museum, and seeing for myself how the two museums compare.
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