Thursday, June 10, 2010

Project 3 Final Submission

Art Gallery + Shop + House

Chuck Close is an American artist who became well known through his photorealistic artworks. The subject matter of his portraits would become the photo rather than the person photographed. In that same way, the design of the art gallery would be sculptural where the subject matter of the architecture becomes the sculpture. Through the idea of the way photos frame certain views, frames are used sculpturally to define pockets of space. The undulating walls, ceiling, and floors created by these shifting frames means that the changing frames of space can be experienced visually as well as by movement and touch. It can also be felt by the contraction and expansion of the spaces.

Through these experiences, you are guilded from the large gallery to the smaller galleries upstairs which then lead you into the shop fronting King Street.






















SITE PLAN
Scale 1:500





















GROUND FLOOR PLAN
Scale 1:100





















FIRST FLOOR PLAN
Scale 1:100


SECTION AA
Scale 1:100


SECTION BB
Scale 1:100





















LARGE GALLERY PLAN
Scale 1:50


SECTION CC
Scale 1:50





N.B.Scales noted are only indicative of the scale used for the original drawing and therefore does not apply in terms of the electronic images of the original.

Model












Tuesday, June 1, 2010

Week 13

Narrative

As the subject matter of the artwork becomes the photograph, so the architecture is the sculpture.

Week 12

Precedents
I had a look at some Art Galleries and Museums which were sculpturally designed in terms of its form. Some utilised the facade as a means of creating the sculptural form whereas others incorporated the structural elements of the building as apart of the sculptural form.


PETER COOK + COLIN FOURNIER
Graz Art Museum, 2003
BIX Facade






















BUCHAN GROUP
Christchurch Art Gallery, 2003






















NORMAN FOSTER
London City Hall, 2002






















SANTIAGO CALATRAVA VALLS
Palacio de las Artes



SANTIAGO CALATRAVA VALLS
Auditorio de Tenerife, 2004






















FRANK GEHRY
Art Gallery of Ontario, 2004
Transformation AGO
Galleria Italia



FRANK GEHRY
Art Gallery of Ontario, 2004
Transformation AGO