PROJECT3#: Final Model

PROJECT3# final drawings

site plan which shows the relationship between the site and the square where the artists were previously located. the roof plan and sun analyses are also located in smaller vignettes on the side.
plan views: ground floor rendered as a poche, first floor, second floor and roof
close up on rendered poche
section showing light quality within the whole gallery space (shows the difference between the well lit sunny courtyard and the gallery space) and a section focusing on the light quality created in the entrance room.

3 vignettes detailing the options for circulation on the ground floor: entrance way, sculpture steps and the courtyard.

PROJECT3# examples of artists artworks to be displayed

an example of graffiti art that could be interchanged on the tall courtyard walls

video projection art that involve commical cartoons
small intimate graphic designs that only require a small scaled room.
bizarre sewn sculptures displayed in the MTV gallery

hanging light installations from the melbourne laneway exhibitions (every year artists are selected to create alternative artworks that are displayed in the small lanes of melbourne CBD. they are typically street art or abstract installations)

PROJECT3# iNSPiRATiON: daniel libeskind, roof structure, space aesthetic

libeskinds denver art gallery is surrounded by older buildings and the contrast between old and new, angles and straight lines, metallic and stone is very interesting for me.

libeskinds ability to sculpt forms out of angled shapes is amazing. the complexity in this object interests me and was perhaps one of my most influential inpsirations. the form is refined yet chaotis, and brings together abstraact pieces in a beautiful way.


the angles and slope of the interior tectonics completely dictate the boundaries of the space. The language of his buildings is almost devoid of any straight lines what so ever, adn every space has its own individual character that communicates with the purpose of the room, symbolically and aesthetically. the art gallery is essentially an artwork in itself but i feel that it doesnt compete with the artworks/displays integrity due to the material choice.



Inspiration for how the roof could be structured. the daniel libeskind form is cut with lazers and its mathematical worked out and i think that to simplify it for myself, something along these lines would work better.

PROJECT3# Artists and Gallery Owner/ Client Profile

Upon walking down King St, i noticed these people making artworks in the square close to where i had chosen my site. They weren't selling their artworks, but rather giving them away for reasonable donations, and i thought it would be a fantastic idea to create a community art gallery where these artists could create their artworks as well as have people view them.





To me, the context that they are in is quite a social one, so i would like the gallery to become a place where social events could be held for young artists and people in the community, to celebrate their artworks, and also socialise in other ways.

The gallery owner would be a single man in his early 40s who had interests in promoting these struggling artists wellbeing and creating a place where many artists from all over newtown could exhibit their works... I imagine that he would have these interests as he would have lived newtown his whole life and have lived in a similar fashion when he was their age. Whether or not he ever became a successful artist himself is irrelevant, it is more that he wants to create a place where people can come together and celebrate all the arts, rather than be exclusive and overly private.


(a graffiti artist using the gallery space as a workshop - this gave me the idea to actively combine the process of making art with the process of exhibitng, selling and celebrating art)

(the MTV gallery, Darlinghurst - an example of a gallery that displays young artists from around the inner sydney city region, holding one of their social events at night)

The Gallery owner's residence therefore needs to be actively engaged with the space and art gallery so I would want visual connection between his flat and also the gallery space.
The workshop is going to be in very close promiximity to the exhibition space, maybe even in the exhibition space, so that artworks can be created and viewed at the same time.
I want the space be dynamic in form, but also in feel and use.

PROJECT3# Site Pictures - King St Newtown

plan view of the site as it is bordered by the two other buildings

the building i am proposing to remove is the st george bank

the facades of the bordering buildings are beautiful, elegant and tall compared to the short and unrefined facade of the bank. However i do like the contrast between the heights as i feel you can read a relationship between the openings on the outside of the tall buildings, and the height of the bank.

This is an interesting view i found when exploring the street opposite that leads to King St. I really like the way that the building is framed by the others around it and it is such a shame to see such an ugly building at the end of such a lovely visual passageway.