Architectural and Immersive Experiences

Jackie Robinson Museum

Location: New York City

Design and Photography: Gensler

Main gallery of Jackie Robinson Museum featuring multimedia exhibits and display cases

The Jackie Robinson Museum, designed by Gensler, honors and celebrates the legacy of Jackie Robinson as an athlete, activist, entrepreneur, and community leader.

Roles on the Project

Exhibit Design

As the “3D” person on the exhibit design team, Lili’s tasks included test fits and exhibit layout, display case design, design intent documentation, and coordination with internal and external teams.

Lobby of Jackie Robinson Museum featuring light gray walls and a large video screen in the far back

Main gallery of Jackie Robinson Museum featuring various sizes of exhibits and display cases

Floor to ceiling display case at the Jackie Robinson Museum with a scaled model of Ebbets Field in the background

3D Modeling & Visualization Lead

Lili led the 3D modeling and visualization for the space during the concept phases before hand-off to the project architects. Renderings were used to communicate look & feel and design changes to the client throughout the process, and served as placeholder imagery for the museum during construction.

Software used: Sketchup, Enscape, Photoshop, Revit

Rendering of the Jackie Robinson Museum lobby, featuring light gray walls and a large digital screen in the far back

Rendering of the main gallery of the Jackie Robinson Museum, featuring various formats of exhibits and display cases

Rendering of the main gallery of the Jackie Robinson Museum, featuring an interactive digital exhibit of a grid of 42 tablets

Digital Experience Design

As the phyiscal designer for the Digital Experience Design team, Lili led the 3D modeling, design intent documentation, and fabrication/AV coordination for three digital experience exhibits at the museum:

– “Game Day”, an interactive, multimedia-enabled scaled replica of Ebbets Field featuring projection mapping and wide format digital cavas background.

– “Living Legacy”, an array of 42 tablets displaying interviews with people who embody Jackie Robinson’s legacy today.

– “Crossing the Color Line”, a video projection exhibit custom-fitted to specific wall sizes and locations.