Project 3| Art Gallery| Final models and drawings

Three access for the programs: The design allows the gallery, workshop and aparment worked as one coherent space or used as a seperate space. The gallery is at the front of the site, accessed on King's Street. The workshop and office is under the roof terrence and can be accessed from the carpark. The aparment is at the back, facing the park, with seperate access from Lenonx Street.


Façade:
The entrance is recessed. To excite the visitors with the sculptures even before they enter the gallery, the they go through the display tunnel shaped as “C” that is the initial of the artist’s surname. The façade is transparent. Passers-by can see some exhibits through layers of glass from the street.


Roof Terrance: The pool is the center of the roof terrance for displaying floating scupltures. It is also used as a private garden for the art dealer's apartment when the gallery is closed.

Circular Installation Room

Central Exhibition Room: Double height exhibition space for Chihuly's big scupltures which can viewed from ground and first level.


Apartment: at the back of Site 1. Faces the park. Kitchen facilities is adjacent to the courtyard and can be used for gallery function held in courtyard.


Drawings:

Floor plans and sections 1:100 on A1 paper

Plan and Section of Gallery next to courtyard. 1:50 . Daylight is diffused to the room through the special designed skylight. Instead of using direct sunlight, the diffused lighting is more suitable for gallery use.

Perspective of Central Exhibition Room with double-height connecting to levels.