Daugavpils Innovation Center
Daugavpils, Latvia, 2022
The exposition of Daugavpils Innovation Center is designed as a contemporary design contribution in the historical modernist style interior. The shapes of the exhibits make references to the plastically curved walls designed by the building's architect Olģerts Krauklis, while the attractive colors used create an equally attractive environment for discovering the magic of science for both children and adults.
Exhibits are placed in the Large and Small Halls of the former cinema, grouping them in separate areas. They are designed as separated and free-standing objects, which can be supplemented or replaced with new exhibits over time, without losing the unified visual image of the exhibition arrangement. Physics, robotics, astronomy exhibits, a scientific laboratory (zone 1) and ecology, forestry, processing, sustainability exhibits (zone 2) are located in the Large Hall. On the other hand, the Small Hall houses health, genetics, evolution, medicine (zone 3) and business exhibits (zone 4). The movement of visitors in both halls is designed in such a way that it leads sequentially through the exhibits located in different areas and there is no need to return to the ones that have already been seen.