Project documentation

Design Kids Club #10: Space lab

31 May, 2023
Holzelement im Senkgarten des Museums.

In Design Kids Club #4: Kids Place, the children expressed the wish to once again have the opportunity to work together on something big, on a scale that is not possible at home. This wish was taken up in Raumlabor.

Implementation

8.3. - 31.5.2023 (issued until 21.6.2023)

Location

Studio museum and sunken garden

Course management

Christoph Goechnahts, product and interior designer

Target group

Primary school Limmat and public: children aged 8 - 12 years

About the project

Research, experiments, measurements, drawings, plans, designs, drafts and rejections were all carried out in the space laboratory . Above all, however, they built everything from mini to maximum models.

The collaborative work resulted in a spatial installation made of wooden slats, which was on display for three weeks in the open space next to the pond in the museum's sunken garden.

In March 2024, the spatial laboratory was continued: together with Franziska Hess, a member of the education team, Christoph Goechnahts conducted a workshop program for school classes on the exhibition Tatiana Bilbao Estudio - Architecture for the Community, the results of which were presented under the title Object: exhibitión in a scenography developed by pupils. Collaborative processes were also central to these workshops.

The experiences and insights gained in the courses were collected in order to further sharpen the profile of design education at the Museum für Gestaltung Zürich. They will be incorporated into the concept and educational program for a new permanent exhibition of the collections, which will open in the Toni-Areal in 2025 to mark the 150th anniversary of the museum.

Impressions

Kinder und Erwachsener in einem Park mit Pfosten und Seilen auf Gras.",
Kleine Modelle auf einem Tisch.

Museumjung

Im Rahmen des dreijährigen Outreachprojekts (April 2021 bis März 2024) öffnete sich das Museum für Gestaltung Zürich jugendgemässen Fragestellungen und Perspektiven. Im Fokus standen dabei das in der Sammlung bewahrte Kulturerbe, das Ausloten der spezifischen Potenziale von Designvermittlung sowie museologische und strategische Fragestellungen.