Finger Lakes Boating Museum Exhibition Design
Scope: User Experience, Spatial Design
Project Team: Individual Work
My Contribution: All
Designing a new exhibition for the Finger Lakes Boating Museum in Ithaca, aimed at engaging visitors with the rich boating heritage of the Finger Lakes region through an immersive experience.
The Finger Lakes Boating Museum is located in the Hammondsport region.
There is only one central circulation that visitors go through the Main Building Collection to Buildings 9, 10, and 11.
The exhibition will be located in Building 11 and will connect with the exhibitions in Buildings 9 & 10.
Project Brief
Project Brief
Project Brief
By forging a connection between the past and the present of boating, this exhibit will create an engaging user experience fostering a deep appreciation for the significant boating heritage of the Finger Lakes region. Visitors will learn about this heritage through photo walls and dynamic timelines through the narratives of Finger Lakes’ boating history. Using vibrant colors, patterns, and lighting design, users will better understand the stimulating essence of boating speed through history.
Design Concept
Visitors will follow a U-shaped, chronological circulation path, exploring the history of outboards and racing shells, and ends up the journey at the Rest & Play area, looping back to the starting point to exit.
To make the visitors willing to come back or advertise the museum to others, it’s crucial to incorporate social elements and foster emotion connects.
User Experience Insights
The three types of visitors arrive with distinct needs, but the essence is seeking something that relates to themselves.
The client’s require to include acollection of 10 Outboards and 6 Racing Shells in the exhibition.
The design solution should be both cost-effective and feasible in construction while maintaining full engagement from users.
Due to client’s budget, to ensure the design plan is both actionable and cost-effective, the budget has been carefully controlled at approximately $13,000.
Photo freezes time, having the great power to transport people back to a specific moment, rewinding their emotions. Visitors are invited to rediscover their own connections through these photos, traveling back years, or even decades, in time.
Spatial Layout
Client's Request
Site Plan
FFE + COST
Human-level View
Elevation A | Spacing Shells‘ Memories Wall
Elevation B | Outboards Motors Diaplay
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