Project3- Design Development

I changed my initial ideas.
The commercial gallery is actually a shop, and the aim is to sell.
So why not make it transparent to attract people in? like the Apple stores around the world.
I still want to put the sculpture courtyard in the front, and make it like a transparent box, behind the courtyard, there are display areas. So when people pass by, they can see the sculpture in the courtyard and at the same time, see what is going on in the gallery.

Project3- Artist

Yue Min-jun

contemporary Chinese artist based on Beijing, China. best know for his oil painting depicting himself in various settings, frozen in laughter. he has also reproduced his signiture image in sculpture.

Project3- Initial Ideas

FIRST:My first idea is to make the courtyard and the building as a whole, and put the courtyard in the front so that it could become an attraction to the passer-by. So I am thingking to make the building like a big ramp. the first part is cortyard, people can see the sculptures in the courtyard when they move on through the ramp, and then go into this building.

And for the inside display area, I want to put a large podium and the display panels are arranged along with the edges of the podium, when people come in(the entrance is on higher level because of the "ramp courtyard"), they go down by the podium and watch the artwork at the same time.

SECOND: my second idea is derived from the character of the site. because it is like a long sandwich between its adjacent buildings, I want to make something to connect those adjcent buildings, then the picture of shoe-lace and zip occurs in my mind, they are the stuffs to connect the adjacent parts:

so the appearence of my art gallery could be like this:

Project3- Precedent Art Gallery in 2 Danks St

Those galleries are all small-scale commercial galleries assembling together, each of them is operated by a dealer to sell one or two artists' works:

PLAN

THE SKYLIGHT in GALLERY

This gallery has two storeys, The second one is the dealer's office and workshop and private space.

The celling, the daylight, the artificial lighting and the display arrangement in one of those galleries. It is very simple(and not very nice-looking)

Another arrangement

The space to put a large scale sculpture (the sculpture has been put in front of a staircase, which indicates that the upstair is private space, stop walking)

This is the space to deal with the small-scale sculptures

The small working space for the dealer just behind the display panel (sometims, the office "room" is not necessary)

This is a very tiny kitchen in the gallery, just enough for making a cup of tea or a sandwich (but I think it's pretty enough for both dealer and customers)

The compact sliding stock area for paintings

Overall, those real art galleries are simple in design, no damatic circulation or stunning architectonic looking. but they are bright , comfortble and straightforward telling people what they are selling.

Project3: ART GALLERY

SITE in NEW TOWN
(SITE 1)

The site 1 ( now is Franklins Supermarket), is a long parcel sandwiched between its adjacent buildings.

In King Street(Front) , There are shops, cinema, bank , restaurants near the site, all buildings involves the public daily activity, and it ensure certain amout of pedestrain to the art gallery.

In the Lennox Street(Back), there's a big park which can provide a good view to the art galerry.

Project2-FINAL SUBMISSION

Painting & Site

Axonometric Drawings

Plan & Section Poche

MODEL