MFAH Presentation

Engineering Design

For Art and Artifact

Conservation

Rice UniversityCCE Fellows

2009

Project Overview•Create a new archival solution for the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston•Understand limitations of current solution•Recognize potential impact new method

•Prepare a new multidisciplinary class for the fall 2009 semester at Rice University

•Attend Innovation Norway entrepreneurship classes and use this knowledge to potentially create a business from the basis of our project.

Our Mission“Advancing preventive conservation by designing, developing, and implementing superior storage solutions that meet the needs of The Museum of Fine Arts, Houston.”

Team and Faculty Sponsors•Caleb Brown•Kristi Day•Rhodes Coffey•Nicole Garcia

Dr. Matthew WettergreenDr. Maria Oden

Community Partner

Wynne Phelan

Julie BakkeHead Conservator, MFAH Chief Registrar, MFAH

Museum of Fine Arts, Houston

Daily Activities: Digital Workflow

•Assists documentation

•Promotes online presence

•Blogging and transparency

Engineering Design Process

We Are Here

Background Research•Online•Literature•Interviews• Wynne Phelan and Julie Bakke: MFAH• Corey Rogge: Rice University• Anthony Lacastro and Ben Esquivel: 360 Art• James Springer: Library Resource Center

BrainstormingSession 1

Session 2

Session 3

500 index cards: first thoughts, sharing ideas

Making all the ideas visibleOrganizing 500 index cardsFurther grouping and consolidating

Three sets of brainstorming 25 plausible solutionsOne set of brainstorming focusing on modularity and realism.

Evaluating Ideas

Implementing Ideas

•Draft

•CAD

•Order Materials

•Rapid Prototyping

•Construction

Future Plans•Select Solution(s)

•Iteration

•Test & Evaluate Solution(s)

•Innovation Norway Business Plan

•Elevator Pitch

•Documentation

Questions?