On the other hand, the office for dealer is semi-opened. Although visitors cannot see and get into it unless the dealer allowed, the dealer could see the main entrance and lower gallery while he work there.
In the ground floor, which included the main entrance and courtyard can be used to exhibit paintings and sculptures. Also there is back entrance in the courtyard, I made the outside grass in the courtyard interlock with interior floor which try to bring the exterior and interior together.
Since this gallery is made of interlocking boxes, I would like to add some fluidity into it. Circulation which included the dynamic angular main entrance and spiral staircase is the fluid element of the building.
Finally, the use of natural sunlight is significant in modern design. In this gallery, angular skylights which follow the entire circulation footpath give direct sunlight to the entrance and staircase. Furthermore, there are long and narrow windows in stock room and apartment which allow north sunlight get into these spaces.
Final Model
Facade
Roof + Skylight
Main Entrance - angular shape
View through the entrance
Spiral staircase
Courtyard with back entrance
1:100 Plans
There are plan interlockings.
1:100 Sections
There are sectional interlockings.
Room - 1:50 plan and section
Interior Perspectives
Precedent
Rosenthal Center for Contemporary ArtThere is an ‘Urban Carpet’ in the building which given the potential dynamism and density of the corner site. The main feature of the ‘Urban Carpet’ is it acts as interlocking structure of suspended gallery spaces.
Therefore, according to the RCCA, the interlocking spaces which also respond to Yayoi Kusama’s artworks, is the main idea for this gallery.
Artist
Yayoi KusamaShe is a Japanese contemporary artist. She has developed a highly personal formal vocabulary that combines repetitive elements such as net and dot patterns in gridded space. These enclosed spaces are the main exhibition space in the art gallery.
Site Analysis
This is a long and huge site which located at Newtown. The front face to the busy King Street, and the back is the quiet Camperdown Memorial Rest Park, also there is a car-park next to it.
1:500 Site Plan
1:500 Site Model
Site in Google Earth
Site in Google Maps
