Final Model

Final Drawing

The artist

The gallery I have designed is owned by Hayao Miyazaki who is a master of japanese anime. He is a kind old man who loves strange and unusual sculptures which can inspire him to design particular characters and scenes in his anime. The famous "Howl's Moving Castle" and "Castle in the Sky" were inspired by sculptures. I think Hayao Miyazaki may really love the art works by American Abstractionist David Smith and hey may use the gallery as a source of inspiration and put his studio in this gallery. This gallery is set in site 1, however, Miyazaki is a man that likes quiet environment, and therefore I set the living area away from the gallery. Smith mostly make large outdoor sculptures and this requires a garden.

Site Analysis 2

This is the site plan I have hand-drawn in the image, it makes it easier to comprehend how I blend the new building into the site.

The use of natural light is very important to a gallery, in addition, as this gallery mainly exhibits metallic sculptures which are even more strict with illumination. The building I designed is in a narrow and long shape.

This image shows the information and idea I have referred from other sources in order to design my building.

This is the model of the entire site constructed using Google-sketchup

Site Analysis 1

The site I chose was site 1 which locates between a supermarket and a cafe. The site faces King St upfront which is noisy and crowded. My perception is to design a transfer space or buffer area that can isolate the gallery and the street.

The white building shown in the image is the front view of site 1 and this is where the gallery will be positioned.

There are a supermarket and a cafe on the two sides of the white building.

King Street is one of the most crowded street and it gathers a lot of traffic

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Precedent Study 2 (Project 3)