Spaces crafted to serve the works.
Art galleries, private foundations, exhibition spaces and event venues: Krapted delivers works in the service of scenography. Conservation of pieces, visitor journey, and a non-negotiable opening date.
1 date
from opening night, unchanging
An exhibition is announced months in advance. The project schedule is built backwards from the opening night.
50% HR
with controlled humidity levels
Preserving the artworks requires stable temperature and humidity levels, integrated into the HVAC package from the design phase onwards.
Picture rails to the millimetre
hanging tolerance
Display walls, provisions and lighting are fine-tuned to the millimetre with the scenographer.
Here, the space fades away before what it reveals.
A successful exhibition space goes unnoticed. Every effort on the project is directed toward this discretion.
Cultural projects invert the usual retail logic: finishes do not seek effect, they serve the eye. Perfectly flat picture rails, room-by-room adjustable lighting, climate control for conservation, a fluid visitor journey and public safety. There are many stakeholders – curators, exhibition designers, art handlers, insurers – and the opening date, announced publicly, is fixed. Execution must therefore be both discreet and flawless.
What a cultural project requires.
Four exacting requirements specific to exhibition spaces.
Scenographic execution
Picture rails, plinths, display cases, scenographic devices: each element is crafted in close dialogue with the scenographer and curator, based on approved execution drawings. Tolerances are those of exhibition hanging: the flatness of a wall is checked under raking light.
Climate and conservation
Stable temperature and humidity, air filtration, controlled lux levels for sensitive pieces: conservation conditions are defined with the collections manager and the insurer, and are measured before the first crate arrives.
Public and artwork safety
An exhibition space is a public-access venue: escape routes, smoke extraction, access control, video surveillance and protection of the works are all integrated without compromising the space. The systems are there, but remain out of sight.
Countdown to the opening
Hanging the works requires dedicated weeks, after the end of the project and before the opening. The schedule is therefore built backwards from the opening date: early handover, a period for climate stabilisation, then transfer of the keys to the registrar for the installation of the artworks.
- RetailFlagships, boutiques and pop-ups for fashion Maisons
- Fine diningMichelin-starred dining rooms, hotel bars and signature coffee shops
- HospitalitySuites, guestrooms and shared areas, often in occupied premises
- OfficesHeadquarters, executive floors and boardrooms
- LeisureSpas, wellness centres, lounges, private salons and showrooms
