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A small-scale architectural model of a conceptual museum. The digital structure is made from layered materials such as foam board, plaster, carved textures, and embedded fragments, giving the walls a rough, tactile quality. One central wall panel appears split or sectioned to reveal different material treatments—smooth surfaces, recessed cavities filled with crumpled or organic-looking material, and a lower portion embedded with rounded, pebble-like forms. Blank rectangular panels are mounted on the walls, suggesting spaces for artworks or digital displays. The layout creates narrow passageways between freestanding walls, encouraging movement through the space. Black outline drawings of human figures are superimposed. The CSM Facade is drawn in the background and other architectural motifs.
The Museum of the Future, Jatheeca Juvarajah, UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design 2026

The Museum of the Future

13 February – 13 April 2026

This exhibition shows work by UAL Foundation students, developed in response to Central Saint Martins alumni objects held within CSM Museum & Study Collection.

From their Heterotopias project, Architecture and Spatial Design Foundation students present visions for an offsite public engagement space for the CSM Museum. Their proposals invite critical engagement with our diverse collection that charts the history of Central Saint Martins. The projects consider the future of exhibition-making, alongside university education and its potential to connect with wider communities.

Product Design Foundation students share objects and slip casting tests from their Vessel project, produced in collaboration with CSM BA Ceramic Design. They drew on traditional, material-led ceramic craft to produce vessels that respond to contemporary human needs. In their research, they investigated ceramic objects from the CSM Museum collection.

The exhibition is designed by alumna Katharina Harings Moya and Architecture student, Emma-Lou Boissier. Core aims were to maximise the amount of student work on display and to draw connections between projects realised through diverse materials and modes of representation. Sustainability was a central design factor and all exhibition furniture was made from reused materials.

Credits

Project initiated by Gabriel Birch, UAL Foundation Curriculum  Co-Leader, Design and Sarah Campbell, CSM Museum & Study Collection Curator.

3D Design teaching team: Gabriel Birch, Sarah Harkins, Ursula Dimitriou, Rupert Hartley, Vivi Stubi, Kathleen Hills, Dominic Postlethwaite, Tom Nelson and Jason Allcorn.

Exhibition design: Katharina Harings Moya and Emma-Lou Boissier.

Fabrication: WD-DP.

  • A digital collage with the CSM King's Cross building and fountains just visible, overlaid with a white multi-angled structure with letters and patterns. People in dark silhouette are walking toward it.
    Cluttered Walls by Isai Calixte-Barness, UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design 2026.
  • A digital image of the CSM Granary building against a blue sky, overlaid with vivid flowers, roped walkways and people perched on seating or along the walkways.
    The Museum of the Future, Crystal Tran, UAL Foundation Diploma in Art and Design 2026

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