THE CONFINES OF THE ARGAR
Client: MARQ Archaeological Museum of Alicante Date: 2010 Categories: Archaeology, Temporary Exhibition
Muestra Reciente de Arquitectura en Alicante 2008-2011 (Work selected by the CTAA)
Finalist LAMP Awards 2010 (National Lighting Awards)
The room is plunged into controlled darkness, only veiled by projectors directed at documents on one of the walls. Metal halide lamps, 70w, with an aperture of 10 degrees, are used to control the light spot on the chart.
The curved wall that serves as a projection screen and recessed display incorporates linear lighting, hidden, with T8 LED tubes, 9w, neutral color, which casts light on the exhibits enhancing its volume and minor details. The vertical showcases are illuminated with greater intensity at the base and fades as it ascends.
The last room, the main room, is hidden behind the projection wall.
You cross the suspended wall and then you find yourself inside the limitless darkness of the room and you are immersed in a folded, suspended, sinuous white sheet that serves as a support for the pieces. Each hemispherical showcase is zenithally illuminated with a source of light emission that disappears, without dazzling, materialized as a sky of points of light. These points, 14w LED lamps, illuminate each hemisphere from the white ceiling, with a direct, comfortable, vertical beam light.
The pieces, in a showcase, rest on a translucent, warm plastic sheet, in counterpoint to the main folded white sheet. The translucent workpiece support material is intended as a source of illumination for the workpieces. This light stand is backlit with different units of 18w TC-DEL compact fluorescent lamps.
Location: MARQ, Alicante, Spain Co-Authors: J. Luís Navarro
