Technology: “Ideally, space itself should be the narrative medium” – an Interview with Uwe R. Brückner

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Atelier Brückner is one of the leading offices in the world for scenography. Its projects range from classical exhibition design for museums to staging brand images and the planning of entire expo pavilions, as in ­Yeosu, South Korea, in 2012. The atelier in Stuttgart is an open workspace that radiates the character of a creative environment, and the atmosphere is pronouncedly international.

Not only are the projects undergoing development intended for a variety of locations throughout the world; the roughly 80 assistants come from 18 different countries. More than half of them are trained architects and interior designers. The remainder represent 15 different professions, including typography, media design and history.

Uwe R. Brückner, the creative head of the office, is a trained architect and stage designer. As Professor of Scenography in Basle (and Shanghai), he teaches with an interdisciplinary approach.

DETAIL spoke to him about the aims and scope of scenography as well as about the underlying concept and development of the State Museum of Archaeology in Chemnitz, which opened in May 2014. Uwe R. Brückner was interviewed by Christian Schittich on 1 July 2014 in Stuttgart