Brain Folds Museum Concept

Close your eyes and imagine folds. What comes to mind? Maybe delicate origami, towering mountain ridges, or something far more complex, the human brain. For me, the brain was immediate: its intricate outer folds, packed with thought, creativity, and logic. Those folds became the inspiration for my concept.

I envisioned a museum shaped by the structure of the brain itself one that physically and symbolically reflects its folds. The design brings the two hemispheres to life, with the right side embracing creativity and art, while the left side highlights precision, structure, and technical innovation. Together, the space becomes a walkthrough of how the brain thinks, creates, and connects.

Paint (Grey, Red, and Blue)

Styrofoam Sphere

Air Dry Clay

Task Board

Acrylic glass like material

First you need to cut the styrofoam into a half sphere, and use the clay to create shapes and glue them on to the sphere.

After this you use the grey paint to paint the exterior and add a cohesive look between the clay and styrofoam and represent a "cement" like exterior material.

Now that we finished with the exterior we can finally move on to creating the inside. For this you will start off by using the red and blue paint and paint the left half of the structure blue and the right side ride.

Background for why:

Left Brain → Blue

The left hemisphere is often linked to logic, structure, math, language, and analysis. Blue is commonly associated with calmness, clarity, precision, and rational thought. It feels controlled and measured, which mirrors the left brain’s role in step-by-step reasoning, technical problem-solving, and order.

Right Brain → Red

The right hemisphere is associated with creativity, emotion, intuition, art, and imagination. Red is bold, energetic, and expressive, and it grabs attention and conveys passion and feeling. This aligns with the right brain’s connection to emotional processing, visual thinking, and creative expression.

After this step, you will use the task Board to cut out 2 different sized pieces which fit accordingly to the size of your styrofoam half sphere. (one smaller for the second floor, and one bigger for the bottom of the structure). Once you glue both of those peices into the structure, you can start to focus on some of the details!

For the last step you will need the acrylic material, clay, grey paint and task board.

Acrylic Material- You need to cut out 2 rectangles which fit with your model, and a semi circle which will fit above your second floor

Clay- For the clay, you will roll out a long piece to go as the balcony on the second floor, and a smaller on to curve and shape into a front door (and will need to paint these parts gray to help them match)

Task Board- For this, you will cut out a smaller semi circle to place under the door