Transforming Museums: Defying Scenography
Together, they will explore how scenography can move beyond traditional frameworks to reshape museum experiences.
Drawing on their respective practices, they will discuss how architecture, exhibition design, and narrative environments can challenge conventions, open new forms of engagement, and create more meaningful encounters with audiences.
An inspiring exchange between two leading voices pushing the boundaries of what cultural spaces can be.
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About the Speakers
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Jeanne Gang
Architect Jeanne Gang is the founding partner of international architecture and urban design practice at Studio Gang. Known for a distinctive design approach that expands beyond architecture’s conventional boundaries, she creates striking places that strengthen connections between people, their communities, and nature. Her diverse portfolio across the Americas and Europe includes the Gilder Center at the American Museum of Natural History, a new United States Embassy in Brazil, and an expansion of the Clinton Presidential Center. A MacArthur Fellow and a Professor in Practice at the Harvard Graduate School of Design, Jeanne has been named one of Time Magazine’s Most Influential People in the World.
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Adrien Gardère
Born in France in 1972, Adrien Gardère studied Modern Literature before training as a cabinetmaker and then as a furniture designer at the Arts Décoratifs School of Paris.
In 2000, he founded Studio Adrien Gardère, which has designed 13 museums alongside internationally renowned architects. In addition to these projects, he has designed more than eighty temporary exhibitions around the world. The Studio’s work has received numerous awards, including the Iconic Awards and Équerre d’argent for the Louvre-Lens Museum with architects SANAA (2013) and the RIBA London Awards 2020 for the Royal Academy of Arts with architect David Chipperfield (2020).
In 2020, Adrien Gardère received the Medal of the Academy of Architecture Foundation 1977.