Athletic Club Museoa
27 February 2015
Labels: Museography, Spaces
Playa de Ondarzabal
20 April 2010
Playa de Ondarzabal is a wooden hull fishing boat built in 1966 in the Murelaga dockyards in Lekeitio. Since 2001 it stopped being used for inshore fishing, and it was turned into a museum dedicated to the life of the high-seas fishermen.
ADN DESIGN and Espiral Ondarea have now performed a thorough internal remodeling in order to bring the fishing systems and the life on an inshore fishing ship closer to the visitors. Likewise, the teaching contents and the quality of the pedagogical information have been reinforced, including topics regarding the protection of the maritime and environmental legacy.
“The expository speech on the ship -said Carlos San José, Project Manager at ADN DESIGN- is focused on the fishermen, but also, on the ones that stay on land, although it has a merely introductory role: Women, children, and all the unions related to the fishing industry. By introducing these characters, we talk at the same time about Lekeitio: its crowded streets, its stores, the market, the church, the ice factory, etc. Therefore, once the visit to the ship is finished, it is an invitation to visit those places that are relevant in the fishermen’s life. A strategy to relate all the legacy and touristic resources available in the villa.”
“Nevertheless,–continues Carlos San José- the main topic is the fishermen that worked on the Playa de Ondarzabal, their experiences and their testimony.” The expository speech is based on three theme blocks: The fishing systems, navigation, and finally, the daily life on the ship. The positive experience acquired and assessed in other visits has served as a starting point to suggest a participative visit where the visitors have experiences related to the resource being explained. In other cases, they are invited to verify something complex with their own hands, for example: how much strength is necessary to get a tuna from the sea? 
The internal organization works have included the adaptation of spaces under deck that until now the visitors could not have access to, such as the greenhouse and the machine room. «For this, the entrance through the forecastle has been allowed," said Carlos San José. He explained that: “The wooden partition separating this compartment from the cellar has also been eliminated, and the separating wall of the greenhouses has been removed to get to the machine room.”
The plan has also included the remodeling of one of the greenhouses to show its actual operation, and the reproduction of the sounds heard aboard an inshore-fishing ship when it is fishing. “An inshore-fishing ship is not a conventional expository space, and therefore, it has required innovating expository resources according to the space and the suggested type of guided visit.” The renewed offer of the Playa de Ondarzabal includes the collection of ethnographic objects, such as educational resources, bait boxes, traps and fishing arts, explanatory panels, and a plasma screen in order to inform the visitors about the fishing activities performed by the ship while it was active, as well as its legacy value.
Labels: Spaces
New Work Environments
10 April 2010
This is the second year in a row that the International Forum of Creative Industries Bizkaia Creaktiva is held in Bilbao at the Maritime Museum on March 23rd, 24th, and 25th. Organized by Creativity Zentrum, the meeting has been a special occasion for the people interested in creative economy to exchange ideas and experiences. In addition to having original and renowned international speakers, the attendants were able to attend interesting workshops and seminars.
In the atrium of the Maritime Museum, the visitors were also able to enjoy a thought-provoking exhibition about new work environments, organized by ADN DESIGN with the cooperation of Muebles Icaza and BAIA Innovation Agency. As Carlos San José, exhibition organizer, said:
We are witnessing a redefinition of the work environments. The highest current level of computerization and work in a network are added to the evolution of the new technologies in communication and information.
The traditional design criteria are being reinterpreted due to the changes that are occurring. Solutions integrating architecture, office furniture and equipment with more environmental awareness and concern are pursued.
The companies suggest products that are flexible in use, the articulation capacity of the spaces, and the incorporation of technological novelties.
The different design solutions displayed in the exhibition try to optimize the ways of working, promoting the users’ quality of life. The products we can see in the exhibition propose work environments that are more pleasant, diversified, and that facilitate social relations.
Arkeologi Museoa
06 April 2009
After 36 months of work, the Archaeological Museum of Bizkaia opened its doors on the 2 April, with a threefold aim: to store and manage the territory’s historical and pre-historical heritage; to support research and cataloguing; and finally, to disseminate and promote the value of its collection to the general public.
The new museum is located on the old railway station of the line between Bilbao and Lezama. This five-storey building occupies a 3,000 square metre area and is located on the Plaza de Unamuno in the old quarter (Casco Viejo) of Bilbao.
The museography project, which envisaged a 500 piece exhibition, was developed by a multidisciplinary team integrated by Espiral Ondare, El Plan B and ADN DESIGN. Most of the pieces belong to the archaeological collections of the Basque Museum, while other pieces come from the Museo de Arte Sacro as well as other materials from excavations in progress.
The exhibition, which interior design and display supports have been conceived by ADN DESIGN, shows the living history of the territory through a chronological journey from Pre-historic times to the Modern Age. The visitor can go back 75,000 years in time with the oldest pieces, and progress through the changes undergone by the climate, the landscape, and the customs and habits of the successive settlers who inhabited this territory.
These witnesses of history range from the primitive beauty of a scull from the Iron Age found in San Esteban de Mesterika, to the shipwreck of Urbieta, a vessel used to transport iron mineral dated from the 15th century, one of the centrepieces of the new museum which was recovered recently in Urdaibai. Around such a centrepiece, ADN DESIGN has designed an interesting curved ramp to allow us to get to know the construction technique of the oldest vessel found in the Bay of Biscay to date.
The funerary steles and funerary offerings recovered in the cave Cueva de Pico Ramos in Muskiz, as well as daily use and religious objects recovered from the archaeological site of Forua, are displayed in a succession of successful settings. The carefully designed stands made from different materials exhibit coins, household items, iron wedges and nails, and architectural or sculptural components from various periods.
The public display of archaeological remains is complemented by 19 interactive multimedia and five audiovisual videos, which help to improve our understanding of each section of the new museum.
As José Luis Bilbao, Deputy General of the Provincial Council of Bizkaia said, "Seventy-five thousand years are staring at us from those displays".
Labels: Spaces
The Basques and the Pacific
07 January 2009
Until 28 February, 2009, The Maritime Museum of San Sebastian is home to the exhibition The Basques and the Pacific, a homage to the sailor Andrés de Urdaneta from Guipuzcoa.
The exhibition, designed by AIRU Z.K. and ADN DESIGN, provides an overview of the history of the presence of the Basques in the Pacific, including islands such as the Philippines and geographical areas like the West Coast of America or the coastal regions of the South of China. The exhibition reveals the important role that the Basques played in exploring and discovering new shipping and trading routes, as well as their active economic, scientific, cultural, administrative, military and religious functions within the framework of Spanish colonisation.
The chronological development ranges from the period of the great discoveries, with sections devoted to Juan Sebastián Elcano, Andrés de Urdaneta and Miguel López de Legazpi, right up to the present day, with reference to commercial exchanges with Asia or to the setting up of Basque companies in China. In this latest section it is worth mentioning the presence of SteamXpress, an iron designed by ADN DESIGN and manufactured in China for Black & Decker Appliances USA.
Labels: Spaces
Igartubeiti
27 October 2008
The interpretation centre of the Igartubeiti Farmhouse Museum in Ezkio-Itsaso (Gipuzkoa) takes visitors on a journey through the history and development of Basque farmhouses and the way of life of their inhabitants.
The Igartubeiti farmhouse is a magnificent example of Basque rural architecture from its golden age in the 16th and 17th centuries. It offers visitors an opportunity to see the atmosphere, furnishings and implements that would have been found in a traditional farmhouse. The interpretation centre uses latest-generation expographics to depict the history, characteristics, working and development of Basque farmhouses.
ADN DESIGN designed, produced and installed the new ambience for the ethnographic display cabinets. The themes on show include property inheritance, domestic beliefs, household linen and farm implements.
Labels: Spaces
