Palazzo dell'Arte - Triennale Galleries
1-2. Triennale´s Gallery, exhibitions rooms: the wall accomodate the technical plants
and have been shaped so as to sustain an overhanging sheet where are situated the lighting
fixtures, ("Cestello" with very low-voltage halogen dichroyc lamps) placed so
that the wall´s dispay surface is thoroughly illuminated, depending upon the quantity
of light needed by the works on display
Triennale´s field of interests includes urban design,
decorative art, design, handicraft, industrial production, fashion, audio - visual
comunication and many other artistic expressions. A new permanent display area, designed
to house exhibitions promoted by Triennale and resulted, at the same time, from the
international collaboration with other institutions and museums. The Gallery, designed by G
ae Aulenti together with Piero Castiglioni, who has devised the lighting system, has been
fitted with all the technical instruments nowadays indispensable to a modern and functional
display area. Located on the ground floor of Palazzo dell´Arte designed by Giovanni Muzio,
the Gallery had to be fitted with an air conditioning system likewise the technical plants
(elettricity, alarm system, safety, fire-proofing), had to comply with the regulations in
force concerning the security of both works and visitors. The Gallery, consisting of a
large central hall and four side halls, is defined by a number of partition walls which
make it possible to have several exhibitions being held at the same time. The articulation
of the space has been obtained with some plasterboard walls sustained by a metal structure
fastened to the ground or to the outer walls of the building.
Milan, Italy
(In collaboration w/ Arch. G. Aulenti)