Museum of the National Constitution

Client

Museo de la Constitución Nacional

Location

Santa Fe, Argentina

Year

2018

Scale

Museum on a platform of over 2,000 m²

Technologies

Scale model with projection mapping, screen, augmented reality

Services

Museography · Holograms · Videomapping · Interactive Applications

Santa Fe holds a title no other Argentine city can claim: it is the Cradle of the Constitution. The Magna Carta was enacted here on May 1, 1853, and it was here that the conventions met to reform it in 1860, 1866, 1957, and 1994. For over 160 years, that document lacked a home of its own. Today, it has one. The museum sits in a 17-hectare park along the banks of the Santa Fe River, set on a 2,000 m² elevated platform built on stilts to adapt to the river's rising and falling tides. It opened on December 10, 2018, coinciding with Human Rights Day. Inside, the exhibition traces the story of the law: how societies learned to set shared rules, and how Argentina came to write its own. At the heart of the experience is a large-scale scale model of 1853 Santa Fe, brought to life through projection mapping that recreates the era's daily life, street bustle, conflicts, and celebrations. Behind it, a backdrop screen contrasts the past with today's modern city. Elsewhere, an augmented reality experience mapped over a plan of Santa Fe reveals 17 key heritage sites tied to the country's constitutional memory. It is a museum for students, tourists, and locals alike—a space to discover that the Constitution is not just a static document, but a living agreement that continues to be written.