Tuesday, June 16, 2009

Long Section

This section cuts into the folding bays of the gallery. There is a great degree of modulation and lack of distinction between the outdoor workshop bays and the interior gallery bays is highlighted in this section. This section also shows the contrast between the solid structure of the King Street facade (which needed to react to the street) and the light weightlessness of the gallery space; it is reminiscent of warehouse architecture where the office and administrative spaces are the only finished spaces (the long, scaled window from the upstairs apartment, as an executive's observation point down into the gallery also reflects this). The cantilever, as an awning is shown, reflecting the building's aware response to the pedestrian experience; the manner in which the building interacts and folds with the pedestrian, as the artwork interacts with the beholder is very important.

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