To appeal to children in particular, the team decided to put the emphasis on play and sensory elements, steering clear of the classic ‘look but don’t touch’ rule


the interior landscape of shapes and the dramatic external landscape are refl ections of each other at different scales, but don’t compete,” Nissen explains. To draw visitors to the external surroundings, interactive displays and listening devices have been placed along the outer edge of the exhibition against the windows. This allows them to look out as they’re reading or listening, or in many cases touching the various displays, with “tangibility” being a major goal of the exhibition design, says Nissen. Building-in fl exibility was also a core requirement. For example, there is an ‘active’ space within the exhibition that


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houses different examples of the local fl ora and fauna which will be switched out over the years. It was therefore important that this exhibit be designed in a way that would allow it to be updated regularly.


Prioritising people Visitor fl ow is “paramount,” when it comes to any exhibition design, says Nissen. The team therefore predicted how visitors would prefer to move around the exhibition space, choosing the layout carefully based on this. It has been designed to be deliberately open, allowing visitors to weave in and out of the “exhibition landscape” and view the various models, drawings and specimens


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