Chemistry • Architecture Pop Up Museum

A collaboration with Professor Rachel Dickey in the Department of Architecture

In a collaborative effort between UNC Charlotte departments, students have been exploring the scalability of principles that translate from the nanoscale of chemistry to the macro scale of architecture. As a result, five teams of architecture and chemistry students have designed competition entry proposals for a Nanoscale Science Pop-Up Museum and built full-scale components of their proposals at the Science Building. The installations are based on the design, synthesis, and properties of metal-organic frameworks (MOFs). The projects were on display for viewing and voting on Monday, May 2nd, 2022. The winning project will be built during the 2022-2023 academic year and travel to local K-12 (CMS) schools and community events, transforming the museum from a fixed institution into a transportable community-driven and event-driven organization, democratizing museum attendance by targeting demographic groups less likely to frequent them. The mobile museum will create an atmosphere to enliven urban gatherings and local school events alike.

Thank you to the amazing architecture students for designing & building such inspiring popup museum concepts!