András Szántó. Imagining the Future Museum

Following on the widely-read The Future of the Museum: 28 Dialogues, which explored how museums are changing through conversations with today's generation of museum directors, New York-based author and cultural strategy advisor András Szántó's new compilation turns its attention to architects. The conclusion of The Future of the Museum was that the "software" of art museums has evolved. Museum leaders are "working to make institutions more open, inclusive, experiential, culturally polyphonic, technologically savvy, attuned to the needs of their communities, and engaged in the defining issues of our time." It follows that the "hardware" of the art museum must also change. Conversations with a carefully selected group of architects survey current thinking in the field, engaging not only architects who have built some of the world's most iconic institutions, but also members of an emerging global generation that is destined to leave its mark on the museum of the future.
CONVERSATION PARTNERS: Kunlé Adeyemi (NLÉ), David Adjaye (Adjaye Associates), Paula Zasnicoff Cardoso & Carlos Alberto Maciel (Arquitetos Associados), David Chipperfield (David Chipperfield Architects), Minsuk Cho (Mass Studies), Elizabeth Diller (Diller Scofidio + Renfro), Frida Escobedo, Sou Fujimoto (Sou Fujimoto Architects), Lina Ghotmeh (Lina Ghotmeh - Architecture), Bjarke Ingels (BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group), Kabage Karanja & Stella Mutegi (Cave_bureau), Li Hu & Huang Wenjing (OPEN), Jing Liu & Florian Idenburg (SO - IL), Yansong Ma (MAD Architects), Winy Maas (MVRDV), Roth - Eduardo Neira (Roth Architecture), Stephan Schütz (gmp Architekten), Kerstin Thompson (_KTA), Xu Tiantian (DnA Design and Architecture), Kulapat Yantrasast (WHY), Liam Young (SCI-Arc) ANDRÁS SZÁNTÓ (*1964, Budapest) advises museums, cultural institutions, and leading brands on cultural strategy. An author and editor, his writings have appeared in the New York Times, Artforum, the Art Newspaper, and many other publications. He has overseen the National Arts Journalism Program at Columbia University and the Global Museum Leaders Colloquium at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Szántó, who lives in Brooklyn, has been conducting conversations with art-world leaders since the early 1990s, including as a frequent moderator of the Art Basel Conversations series.

Introduction WONDER & HUMILITY: BUILDING THE TWENTY-FIRST-CENTURY ART MUSEUM The Dialogues Sites of Empathy Kulapat Yantrasast A VISIT TO A MUSEUM SHOULD BE LIKE ENJOYING A GARDEN OF IDEAS AND STORIES Freedom Platform Paula Zasnicoff Cardoso & Carlos Alberto Maciel AN OASIS CAN SAVE YOUR LIFE The New Public Room David Adjaye THIS PLACE IS ESSENTIAL TO FORMING A HUMAN BEING Placemaking Kerstin Thompson WHERE DOES THE MUSEUM BEGIN AND END? Spectacle or Sanctuary David Chipperfield EVERYTHING IS SENSITIZED Temporality Jing Liu & Florian Idenburg ARCHITECTURE SHOULD ACCOMMODATE A CENTURY OF IDEAS Porosity Frida Escobedo SUBTLENESS DOES NOT HAVE TO BE ORDINARY Context Is Everything Stephan Schütz A LANDSCAPE OF OPPORTUNITIES AND ACTIVITIES Archaeology of the Future Lina Ghotmeh A PLACE OF FREEDOM Civic Space Minsuk Cho THE MUSEUM AS A PLAYGROUND FOR ALL DAVID ADJAYE Adjaye Associates PAULA ZASNICOFF CARDOSO & CARLOS ALBERTO MACIEL Arquitetos Associados BJARKE INGELS BIG | Bjarke Ingels Group KABAGE KARANJA & STELLA MUTEGI Cave_bureau DAVID CHIPPERFIELD David Chipperfield Architects ELIZABETH DILLER Diller Scofidio + Renfro XU TIANTIAN DnA Design and Architecture FRIDA ESCOBEDO Frida Escobedo STEPHAN SCHÜTZ gmp · von Gerkan, Marg und Partners Architects KERSTIN THOMPSON Kerstin Thompson Architects LIAM YOUNG LINA GHOTMEH Lina Ghotmeh - Architecture MA YANSONG MAD Architects MINSUK CHO Mass Studies WINY MAAS MVRDV KUNLÉ ADEYEMI NLÉ LI HU & HUANG WENJING OPEN ROTH - EDUARDO NEIRA Roth Architecture JING LIU & FLORIAN IDENBURG SO - IL SOU FUJIMOTO Sou Fujimoto Architects KULAPAT YANTRASAST WHY Architecture The Light Institution Li Hu & Huang Wenjing OUR SECRET WEAPON IS NATURE Architect as Artist Elizabeth Diller IT'S A CHALLENGE TO DESIGN FOR A MOVING TARGET Museum as Exhibition Bjarke Ingels A MUSEUM COULD BE A WAKE-UP CALL Surreality Ma Yansong MUSEUMS ARE THE STARTING POINT OF A JOURNEY Green Space Sou Fujimoto AN OPEN FIELD OF ACCEPTANCE The Rural Museum Xu Tiantian RURAL LIFE IS ITSELF A MUSEUM New Cities & Climates Kunlé Adeyemi AFRICA IS THE NEW MUSEUM The New Old Winy Maas A GIANT LABORATORY OF THINGS WAITING TO BE EXPLORED AND DISCOVERED The Anthropocene Museum Kabage Karanja & Stella Mutegi THINGS ARE GOING TO GO FULL CIRCLE Nature & Play Roth - Eduardo Neira NATURE IS A PERFECT MUSEUM EVERY TIME Digital Spaces liam young WE ARE STILL STRUGGLING WITH DEFINITIONS The Dialogues Acknowledgments