Museum of the Here and Now

Studio in 2006 consisted of three parts: “Architecture of the Medial Spaces”, our Conference on May 16th and 17th; it was followed by “Minus makes plus – Creative Practices of Minimization for New Design Ideas”, our Workshop on May 19th to May 22nd and ended up with “Museum of the Here and Now” our Project from May 19th to July 13th.
“Minus makes plus – Creative Practices of Minimization for New Design Ideas” Workshop was intended to end the phase of theory (Conference) and to transform its results to practical work. It evaluated different techniques of minimizing, reducing or condensing of existing architectural situations in order to find new approaches to design.
We used different, two dimensional images (sketches, photographs, collages) as well as three dimensional models (styrocut, paper, left over materials). The workshop headed towards a final installation of each participant, which was displayed and documented with a common exhibition.

“Museum of the Here and Now” Project transformed the principle of minimization from the object (Workshop) to the scale of a house. Starting with a personal choice out of several existing buildings, we put it to the best shape by minimizing, getting rid of the unnecessary.
We tried to capture the ” Here and Now ” as a habitat, surrounded by somewhere as well as the specific, present moment between the past and the future.
By this, the “Museum of the Here and Now” was about Your personal Dessau.
As technology influences our perception of space, time and scale (see Conference), its impact on daily life was not only be a part of the exhibition within the Museum, but also a tool and a way to design it as a medial space.

Participants 2006