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The Distributed Museum Mulliken, Christopher A.

Abstract

The world of iconic art museums designed by starchitects creates isolated fantasy worlds and prioritizes capitalistic governance while furthering urban inequalities. Looking critically at the proposal for Vancouver Art Gallery I intend to disrupt modern art museum design and provide an alternative community based model. The distributed museum system is built of locally integrated hubs that provide access to world class art and the local creative experience. I keep the Vancouver Art Gallery at its current location and integrate its stored collection into Vancouver Public Library locations across the city. By doing so, I prioritize local community over an iconic tourist trap. Instead of giving Vancouver a tourist destination lets give it a community to build on.

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Title
The Distributed Museum
Creator
Mulliken, Christopher A.
Date Issued
2025-04
Description
The world of iconic art museums designed by starchitects creates isolated fantasy worlds and prioritizes capitalistic governance while furthering urban inequalities. Looking critically at the proposal for Vancouver Art Gallery I intend to disrupt modern art museum design and provide an alternative community based model. The distributed museum system is built of locally integrated hubs that provide access to world class art and the local creative experience. I keep the Vancouver Art Gallery at its current location and integrate its stored collection into Vancouver Public Library locations across the city. By doing so, I prioritize local community over an iconic tourist trap. Instead of giving Vancouver a tourist destination lets give it a community to build on.
Genre
Graduating Project
Type
Text
Language
eng
Series
University of British Columbia. ARCH_V 549
Date Available
2025-05-08
Provider
Vancouver : University of British Columbia Library
Rights
Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International
DOI
10.14288/1.0448819
URI
http://hdl.handle.net/2429/91064
Affiliation
Applied Science, Faculty of; Architecture and Landscape Architecture (SALA), School of
Campus
UBCV
Peer Review Status
Unreviewed
Scholarly Level
Graduate
Rights URI
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/
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