This was a session I attended on Wednesday focussing on a range of sustainability issues that impact museums and galleries, speakers included:
Carole Hammond, Museum Victoria
Looking at the sustainable development of exhibitions, Carole suggested using a 4 step process to move to more sustainable exhibition practices including:
1. Recognise your design sustainability weaknesses
2. Design a strategy of change
3. Locate the tools that can be used to guide sustainability (such as Cost of Life Indicators)
4. Create and activate green, grey and black lists (for materials and techniques)
Carole mentioned a great website Green Exhibitions http://www.gex.org.au
Paul Broadhurst & Laila Christies
Cunningham Martyn Design
Paul discussed the reality of sustainability where plans to recyle showcases don't always come to fruition and a wonderfully pragmatic approach to developing environmental control in a dedicated pod within a large industrial heritage space. He also highlighted the use of simple procedures and practices such as the total power down of energy hungry AV extravaganzas and the replacement of PVC display panels with designs printed on wallpaper pasted on walls
Julian Bickersteth, International Conservation Services and AICCM Environmental Guidelines Taskforce discussed measures being taken to develop new environmental guidelines for collecting institutions in line with international moves. Julian informed us that the European National Museum Directors Conference (NMDC) are looking to address the following:
1. Intelligent Standards
2. Air conditioning- not assumed
3. Natural/sustainable environmental controls
4. Primary objective- reduce carbon footprint
Barbara Reeve, Australian War Memorial
Barbara spoke of her 5 month sabbatical at Wolfson College Cambridge looking at European cultural heritage initiatives for sustainability. Barbara highlighted the need to address cradle to cradle design (take, make, regenerate, make more) and the triple top line of economy, equity and ecology.
No comments:
Post a Comment