1:1 · exhibition
Words that changed us
Bicentenary of independence: columns of words hung from the rooflights and a forest of timber frames.
Built exhibition, 2010.
Each key word of independence — liberty, republic, citizen — becomes a textile column suspended beneath a circular rooflight, so daylight illuminates the title. Below, timber frames assembled in a free plan carry graphics and documents. The drawing series explains the whole process: site, empty room, exploded view, assembly, plan and section.
◆ Art Unit and other collections of the Banco de la República
- status
- built
- style
- exhibition design
- place
- Biblioteca Luis Ángel Arango, Bogotá
- year
- 2010
- authorship
- t1x1
Axonometric · existing room
Framing of the static frame removes empty margin and side band without changing linework. The original animation remains in the archive.
Narrative · installation · experience
The project, chapter by chapter.
Language moves from the page into space.
01
A room before the words
The existing room sets the starting point: entrances, openings and changes of level precede the installation. Comparing this shell with its later occupation makes the intervention legible.
site in central Bogotá
1 · the existing room
02
Language occupies the air
Textile columns extend reading upwards without completely enclosing the views. The section relates their vertical presence to the skylights and to the approach through the stair.
section through room and stair
03
The frame unfolds
The exploded view separates frames and textile surfaces to explain each assembly. This distinction reveals an installation made of identifiable elements, rather than graphics simply applied to walls.
2 · exploded view: textile columns and frames
04
Reading while walking
The plan places the exhibits within the circulation field. Reading involves approaching, circling and looking again; the distance between supports contributes to the narrative alongside the texts.
installation plan
3 · assembled exhibition with the route
05
The narrative takes shape
The sequence from empty room to exploded components and installation brings the decisions together. It distinguishes the building from the exhibition before comparing both with the room photograph.
