PALAZZO MAGNANI

The proposal enthusiastically embraces the invitation to reorganize and redesign the exhibition spaces at Palazzo Magnani.
On the ground floor, the atrium leads to the loggia, to service areas—such as the ticket office, the bookshop, the coat check, and the storage room—and to the two exhibition halls, which can also be used to host visitors not attending the exhibition for various types of events. The info point, which we have renamed “Spazio Magnani,” is accessed via a separate entrance; it can host educational workshops and small exhibitions. The first floor is entirely occupied by the galleries dedicated to the main exhibitions.

The display system is modular, flexible and adaptable in configurations, capable of displaying content of various types and sizes and easily creating spaces suitable for punctual events. The Exhibition Design allows the display area to be enlarged or decreased and different layouts and distributions to be made as needed.

The project works in the spaces of the Palace on a par with a stage machine. The wall elements slide on the perimeter load-bearing system, combining from time to time in different configurations, with different formats, elements and supports. It is a system that houses and integrates in a single horizontal element both the plant part and the devices for the Exhibition Design wall. The lighting system is totally integrated with the system of Exhibition Design: it will ensure lighting not only aimed at display but also at enhancing the rooms.

Exhibition Design:
Deferrari+Modesti

Lighting Design:
Studio Iarussi

Client:
Palazzo Magnani Foundation

Location: Reggio Emilia
Year: 2021