Within an ongoing debate on sustainability in building exhibitions and dismantling them, and to prevent the materials to be stored without further purpose, Het Nieuwe Instituut in Rotterdam asked jo taillieu architecten to design a flexible exhibition space with the materials used for Art on Display (P118).
As a sustainable act, a grid-like frame of 415x415cm rooms was designed with the wooden structure used in Art On Display. Each element of the grid can easily be dismantled, allowing to make openings and connect as many square rooms as needed in different configurations. This resulted in a flexible museum space that can house the smallest display and the biggest exhibits, and that can be adjusted to the needs of the artists. The design aimed for flexibility in terms of space and not always in terms of specificity of the canvas used to display art.