Public Space?

Symposium with Javier Sanchez, Barbara Swift, and Pia Sarpaneva.

Interior Architect Lecture

The New Value of Design An Integrated design Process Interior Architects

LeMay Car Museum

This new museum is located in Tacoma and has 4 floors full of cars from all over the world, different years, and different styles. This building is beautifully designed on the exterior and the interior. Signage was clear and concise describing year, make, model of the car and in some cases history of the car or its owner. I would have liked to be able to see the signs easier than it was. I can imagine an older person with eye problems having difficulty reading the sign. The museum was divided by models of cars and year. When you enter the museum you are given a map of the museum and advice from the receptionist to how to visit the museum easily. Without these instructions or the map, it would be easy for one to get confused or lost since the levels are strangely arranged with their slants on opposite sides of the building. As interactives, the LeMay museum had some racing car simulators and little questionnaires once in a while about energy consumption, fuel, or other aspects of how a car runs, etc. The scale of the building compared to the number of cars is perfect. One does not feel overwhelmed by the amount of cars.