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Fly Gallery

  • Cultural
Boston, MA
2019

Fly Gallery looks to theatrical fly rigging systems, motivated by an architectural envy for the stage and its ease of transformation. Adapting the fly rig to a gallery space, a grid of translucent partitions descends from above. Spatial proportions and ceiling heights lower for children’s events, backdrops and raked ceilings emerge for projections and performances, light boxes descend for displays, and partitions touch down for new layouts. Functioning variously as spatial device and light modulator, the fly rigging scrim achieves and finely controls qualities of space and light to a degree normally only possible in larger museums with complex skylight and partition systems, while remaining under a budget of $50,000.

 

Fig. 1

Neutral gallery configuration

Fig. 2–5

Spatial proportions and ceiling height arrangements for a range of users and functions

Fig. 2

Spatial proportions and ceiling height arrangements for a range of users and functions

Fig. 3

Spatial proportions and ceiling height arrangements for a range of users and functions

Fig. 4

Spatial proportions and ceiling height arrangements for a range of users and functions

Fig. 5

Spatial proportions and ceiling height arrangements for a range of users and functions

Fig. 6

Raked Ceiling
Performance

Fig. 7

Partitioned Room
Display

Fig. 8

Variable Ceiling
Lighting

Fig. 9

Parallel Corridors Circulation
  • Team: J. Jih
  • Photos: James Leng
  • GC: Austin Roberts Construction

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