“Difficult Sites: Architecture Against the Odds” is an exhibition at The Royal Institute of British Architects (RIBA) which explores how architects negotiate irregular plots, existing buildings and complex terrains. The exhibition runs from 11 October 2024 until Spring 2025 of the Architecture Gallery at RIBA, 66 Portland Place.
Project
- Use: Exhibition
- Status: Completed
- Borough: Westminster
- Status: Completed
- Date: 11 October 2024 – Spring 2025
Team
- Client: RIBA
- Curators: RIBA team
- 2D Design: Twelve
- Construction: Bee & Hive
- Photography © Agnese Sanvito
PROCESS
vPPR’s design consists of modular structures, clad in upcycled foam, which, when arranged together, playfully allude to the excavation of a difficult site.
The modules were designed in varying sizes to accommodate 3D models, while a sloped top was conceived to display 2D images. The modularity of the exhibition makes it easy to reconfigure and travel to a new exhibition space.
The use of bonded foam sheets as cladding to the plinths, made of 100 percent recycled polyethylene, brings a visually engaging and sustainable materiality to the exhibition.
Accidental variations in the colours of the foam enables each of the three curatorial sections – Urban Sites, Landscape, and Reworks – to have their own colour range, creating different “difficult plinths” for each section.
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Plinth schedule
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General arrangement plan
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