Tjong Yong Hian Gallery

/ Kebun Bunga, Jl. Kejaksaan, Medan
/ 2011
/ Completed

​The brief was to create a space for appreciation of historical information of a renowned figure in Medan, Tjong Yong Hian. Our immediate instinct was to move away from the notion of the historical gallery as 'white box', as most contemporary galleries have been conceptualized in recent years. We decided to treat the interior of the gallery as a finely crafted piece of interior design, not unlike the way a historian would, for example, pay a great amount of attention to the imagination of historical scenarios. Therefore, the space is adorned with various Peranakan elements to compliment the museum experience.

The interior clearly becomes a work of history in itself, adding to the conversations surrounding the pieces of historical fragments displayed therein.