Brief
Architecture has always played a key role in exhibitions. Museums, exhibitions, and expositions are not only a cultural offer but are defined by space, by an exhibition itinerary that is able to surprise and fascinate the visitor who is drawn inside an active and inspiring experience.
For an exhibition, architecture is as fundamental as works of art, collections, and artifacts and their contents.
The “Architecture for Exhibition” course has been created on these premises: its aim is to train professional designers who are able to materialize diverse artistic and museum experiences, enhancing the always-different story behind each cultural proposal. The students will acquire new skills in exhibition design and will move into a very prestigious environment – culture – which nowadays registers an increasing demand by the most critical and exclusive customers.
The students will focus on preservation practices, lighting techniques, and perception psychology to deepen their knowledge of technical practices to adopt in exhibition design. The course will be made up of 88 hours of lessons, a 32-hour workshop, and multiple lectures by well-renowned professional architects.
At the end of the course, Yacademy Placement office will guarantee each student a proposal for an internship/collaboration within the partner studios.
Course info
15 In person
5 Online
Bologna
24.11.2025 - 20.2.2026
3 days/weekMarch 2026 - May 2026
€ 2,900 + VAT
Online€ 9,700 + VAT
In person*3
Full coverage of the enrollment fee for the most outstanding candidatesTeaching modules & Workshops
History of museography
The history of spaces for cultureContemporary art
The languages of artExhibition marketing and communication
Comparing cultural and commercial aspectsImmersive storytelling for exhibition
Fundamentals and solutions for digital storytellingCuration and visual communication
Architects as makers of a cultural itineraryCase history
Successful examples of exhibition designExhibition Design
Exhibitions and MuseumsRealizing exhibition settings
Technical choices and realization strategiesPrecious
Preservation and exhibition techniquesCorporate museums
Show the past to tell the futureTrends in contemporary art research
New tensions in artistic thinking, between social and environmental responsibilityLight design
Light as the guide of the exhibition itinerarySustainability of Exhibitions
Circularity and eco-compatibility in exhibitionSite Visits
Venice, Peggy Guggenheim Collection
Bologna, Ducati Museum
Milan, Fondazione Prada
Special lectures and critiques
Chipperfield and the Torlonia collection
SFmoma: the expansion of San Francisco Museum of Modern Art
Nasher Sculpture Centre in Dallas: museums as landscape
Volumes and brightness: museums according to Steven Holl's vision
The museum in landscape: The Whale and the Arctic observatory
BIG and Museums: architectures as iconic presences
Exhibition devices: Jean Nouvel's experiences
A former gin distillery becomes an exhibition machine: Fondazione Prada
The power of essentiality: New Modern Museum
Odunpazari Modern Museum: wood as exhibition scenography
Kandinskij, Dalì, and Mondrian: exhibiting the masterpieces of the 20th century
Design workshop
Giuseppe Zampieri / David Chipperfield Architects Milan
The workshop, conducted in collaboration with the Peggy Guggenheim Collection in Venice, will deal with the set-up of one of the temporary exhibitions scheduled in the museum for 2026 and focused on the history and exhibitions organised in the first Guggenheim gallery in London between 1938 and 1939. In the 11 gallery rooms dedicated to temporary exhibits, students will have the extraordinary opportunity to imagine a display of works of artists such as Kandinskij, Dalì, and Mondrian among others, consistently with the standard of one of the most renowned museums of modern art in the world and the second most visited one in Venice. A unique opportunity for architects studying the design of the museum space to confront the real needs of an architectural unicuum - the Venier dei Leoni palace - overlooking the Canal Grande and displaying the best of modern art between surrealism and abstract art.
Construction workshop
Construction is a fundamental step in architecture. For this reason, YACademy offers its students the opportunity to participate in the process of producing their own ideas. Thus, the students will gain practical experience on construction sites and, above all, the authorship of projects built for excellent commissions, destined for a major media echo and capable of defining a turning point in their professional career.
Placement
At the end of teaching modules and workshop, YACademy’s Placement office will guarantee every student an internship or collaboration proposal in one of our partner studios.
Teachers
Admission
Requirements
Students or graduates in Architecture/Design can apply to the course. The commission, based on the assessment of the application, may admit students with different qualifications.
Registration
To apply, it is necessary to register online and submit a Curriculum Vitae, a Portfolio, and a Motivational Letter. Moreover, it is necessary to pay the application fee (€60 + VAT). The best 20 candidates will be admitted to the course according to the rules.
Scholarship
By applying for the course, the students automatically become eligible to obtain a scholarship: one will be granted to each of the best 3 applicants for each course, consistently with the Selection Committee's evaluation. Therefore, it is not necessary to make specific actions to apply for a scholarship. The scholarship covers the entire enrollment fee - regardless of the type of attendance chosen -, but does not cover the application fee (€60 + VAT) that has to be paid in order to complete the application process successfully.
Timeline
Complying with deadlines is a fundamental requirement to take part in the course. All students are encouraged to pay the utmost attention to the timeline and to complete each phase in advance.
Applications opening
Applications deadline
Publication of the provisional ranking
Beginning of second-round admissions
Enrollment fee payment deadline for students admitted according to the provisional ranking
Publication of the official ranking (including second-round admitted students)
Lessons start
Download
Make sure you have downloaded the course brochure, from which you will be able to obtain any information about YACademy, as well as every single detail on how to access and enrol in the courses.
Brochure IT
Brochure EN
Download the 2023/24 internships report
Find out all the statistics and placement methodology for the year 2023/24: 39% of students entered Pritzker studios.
Past editions gallery
Partners
To each one of them, many thanks from YACademy staff and students.