Project
Environmental Approach in Designing Temporary Exhibitions. Case Study: “Path to the Sun” Exhibition at the Russian Ethnographic Museum

Category
Best Project of Public Space by Student

About the project (provided by the applicant)
The idea of the temporary exhibition “Path to the Sun” presents the strategy for exploring Arctic lands and the concept of development for the nomadic peoples of the North, “Path to the Sun.” Information is revealed gradually: survival — safety, home, everyday life, clothing, physiological needs; hunger — hunting, reindeer herding, fishing; social development — culture, art, religion.
The illustrations attached to the application show the main stages of the project design, and the multimedia video serves as a visualization of the exhibition, clearly demonstrating the content and offering a virtual visit to the future temporary exhibition at the Russian Ethnographic Museum “Path to the Sun.”

Location
Inzhenernaya Street, Saint Petersburg, Russia

Project design year
2023

Extra visual materials
https://cloud.mail.ru/public/hvyS/sYS63Bi9s

Applicant
Polina Dmitrievna Sayapina
Student at Saint Petersburg State University, Faculty of Arts, Department of Design, program “Environmental Design.” Supervisors: Svetlana Vladimirovna Vitkovskaya, Ilyana Alexandrovna Makhovikova.

Author of the project
Polina Dmitrievna Sayapina, Svetlana Vladimirovna Vitkovskaya, Ilyana Alexandrovna Makhovikova

Visualization
Polina Dmitrievna Sayapina, Svetlana Vladimirovna Vitkovskaya, Ilyana Alexandrovna Makhovikova

Customer
Saint Petersburg State University, Russian Ethnographic Museum

Status of the project
Conceptual design

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