1:1 · exhibition
Geology museum
Complete exhibition design for Guyana's geological collection: route, five showcase types, panels and tables.
Exhibition design project, 2019–2021, Georgetown (Guyana).
An existing 55.7 m² room is organised with a ring route around a central island of cases, so visitors move through the collection without backtracking and with every face in view. The collection is classified into five showcase types — wall, table, freestanding and stepped — each with its own support, lighting and backing system, built in repeatable modules to control cost and installation.
Seven information panels order the reading: introduction to the museum, Guyana's geological context, the history of the collection and case-by-case labels. The package includes a general plan with case numbering, axonometrics, fabrication details and visualisations of the room.
Joint work of t1x1's two offices: Bogotá and Johannesburg.
◆ collaboration t1x1 Bogotá + t1x1 Johannesburg
- status
- project
- style
- exhibition design
- place
- Georgetown, Guyana
- year
- 2019–2021
- authorship
- t1x1
showcase types in axonometric
Five case families address different positions and supports. Details show minerals on adjustable elements and pieces on stepped tables, connecting exhibition furniture with ways of observing the collection.
panels: reading sequence in axonometric
Seven information panels add narrative to mineral observation. Their placement relates to the cases, distinguishing the support that holds an object from the surface that explains its context.
Narrative · installation · experience
The project, chapter by chapter.
The display case turns the mineral collection into a system of observation.
01
One collection, one room
The location map places the case in Georgetown and the perspective introduces the mineral room. Cases on both sides of the passage organise close observation within an existing enclosure.
location: Guyana and central Georgetown
02
Five showcase families
Five case families address different positions and supports. Details show minerals on adjustable elements and pieces on stepped tables, connecting exhibition furniture with ways of observing the collection.
showcase types in axonometric
Case type 1 · supports and material
The detail retains original linework and annotations. Individual supports separate specimens from the background and keep the collection visible.
Case type 2 · supports and material
The detail retains original linework and annotations. Individual supports separate specimens from the background and keep the collection visible.
Table case · close observation
Archived atmosphere detail: stepped display surfaces bring specimens close to visitors.
Table case · support detail
The drawing explains support, glass and display levels. Original notes accompany the element without altering its dimensions.
03
The route around the island
The central island leaves a route around it and concentrates several display faces. The plan follows this relationship between furniture and void, while the axonometric reveals height differences.
ring route around the central island of cases
general plan: 18 cases in five types, 55.7 m² room
general axonometric: the five showcase types in the existing room
04
Minerals and narratives
Seven information panels add narrative to mineral observation. Their placement relates to the cases, distinguishing the support that holds an object from the surface that explains its context.
mineral wall case at visitor scale
The support grid separates each specimen and keeps the background visible. Three reading stands bring information close without interrupting the whole display.
location of the seven information panels
panels: reading sequence in axonometric
05
The collection up close
Close views show minerals, historical pieces and consultation tables together. Freestanding cases introduce individual objects within the repeated system while retaining an overall reading of the exhibition room.
freestanding case with a historic piece and reading tables
A singular object occupies a freestanding case. Mineral samples and reading tables line the perimeter, leaving a clear route around the island.
freestanding cases and mineral wall
entrance gallery
Columns and freestanding cases organise arrival. The arrangement allows objects to be approached from several sides before continuing towards the display walls.
Project archive
- location: Guyana and central Georgetown ↗
- the minerals room: glass wall cases on both sides of the route ↗
- showcase types in axonometric ↗
- Case type 1 · supports and material ↗
- Case type 2 · supports and material ↗
- Complete archived sheet ↗
- Table case · close observation ↗
- Table case · support detail ↗
- Complete archived sheet ↗
- ring route around the central island of cases ↗
- general plan: 18 cases in five types, 55.7 m² room ↗
- general axonometric: the five showcase types in the existing room ↗
- mineral wall case at visitor scale ↗
- location of the seven information panels ↗
- panels: reading sequence in axonometric ↗
- freestanding case with a historic piece and reading tables ↗
- freestanding cases and mineral wall ↗
- entrance gallery ↗