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Ralph Appelbaum Associates, known
most for their exhibition design at the United
States Holocaust Memorial Museum, was given the task of
working within Polshek's design to exhibit the multitudes
of presidential volumes and memorabilia in a manner fitting
of Clinton's aims and the building design. Bound papers are
collected in columnar shelves that exhibit the sheer scale
of the presidency more than the content within. A canted wall
acts as a timeline of Clinton's eight years, fitting with
the linear arrangement of the
architecture. A replica of the Oval
Office at first seems out of place with the rest of the
library and museum, but the way it's treated as an object
celebrates its form while allowing it (internally) to keep
the resemblance of its namesake. Like the rest of the museum
it keeps one foot in the past while taking one step forward. |
