Clean forms and wonder are the inspirations that translated the exhibition's content into a project.
The exhibition is constructed as a centripetal path around the central cloister, recalling the structure of the monastery, the home of the story's protagonist.
The "walls" are constructed of backlit polycarbonate panels. The entire volume emanates light as a representation of something precious, echoing the title, A Treasure in Clay Vases. The walls are segmented and imperfect on the outside but regular and orderly on the inside, a metaphor for Ermanno's life and his physical disability, as imperfect in outward appearance as it is internally perfect, a reminder of the beauty of the soul and of man as the image and likeness of God. At the center of the cloister is an olive tree, a symbol of life as it is, not as its capacity for anything, visible from every point along the route, first from two windows, then from an opening that provides access to the cloister.