Monday, June 15, 2009

Elevations, Sections, Floor plans, Roof plans, 3d Isonometric Drawing of my Art gallery..



The Final Product. " L'ARTE"

My design has been modified, the art gallery space has been made bigger, the top floor has been added, the garage and the storeroom have been added. The facade has been developed. The sections have been made according to the section I have I will have in my model. The top, front, back, and sides have been added, as well as the roof plan. The top and bottom floor has been added as well, the 3d views of different areas of the gallery including the interior of studio apartment and courtyard has also been included.

CM

Ground Floor Plan & Top plan

Roof plan


Section a-a


West Elevation


South Elevation


North Elevation


South Elevation (Street view)


Exterior of South East view


3D View of North East view


Exterior view of studio


Exterior view of skylight roof


Interior view of art gallery


View of Courtyard

Cettina Mangano - L'ARTE Art Gallery.

Developing Ideas through the narrative..orientation and history..

L'ARTE - Cettina Mangano


Designing an art gallery with a studio above on the northern end, with the art gallery below on the southern side, with the garage and storage at the back directly below the studio apartment, with a courtyard in the middle...was no piece of cake! there was allot of discussion, allot of brainstorming, allot of precedent studies, allot of research...and inspiration.

So what is the narrative? so its a man, middle aged, kids moved out from home, divorced...hes arty, he creates his own art, he is influenced by his favorite painter Freda Khalo, a self portrait expressionist Mexican painter...so self expression is involved. The man wants to draw the people in the street to come into his place of art. Its a strong statement, the exterior is made of two materials, panel and stone blocks...why the combination..its symbolism of bringing an old town of Newtown with the new trendy generation which presently occupy the area...its eclecticism.

The interior walls would be concrete and white plasterboard. Inside the paintings make the bold statement. The double height in the gallery is expressed with a series of height ceilings and skylights which are strategically placed to control the light in the room, either to filter it, to bounce off walls and for spot lighting, creating a rhythm of shade and light that dance before you and move throughout the day.

The two columns are placed to hold the structure up but also for the circulation. The viewers and entering the gallery "L'ARTE", they will automatically be drawn to the painting of choice the colums allows them to circulate and weave through, a guide to the gallery.

The "shields", to me they are placed also strategically to filter the light in the space and protecting any direct sunlight from damaging the paintings, it also allows the rotating, artificial lights to be placed according to where the paintings would be situated.

The courtyard, a place of peace, is placed to the very end of the gallery, it has two entries that allow the owner "man" of the gallery to enter separately in his own time out of business hours for a place of retreat and reflection. The customers are allowed to enter this place of tranquility and there also having a place to rest and view the man sculpture of the gallery which is designed by the owner himself the "man".

The studio above is entered from a stairway below where the front door (for the apartment) is situated, next to the car park and the garage as well as storage, easy access, private, sheltered from the streets of Newtown and the characters that colour the streets. Inside the studio there is a kitchen and dining, with lounge area, a bedroom and a bathroom.

The storage is directly below it and is connected to the garage as an open plan, the height of the garage door caters for the residents vehicle including the truck that will drop the art off into the storage area.

The owners "man office is located on the top story of the building on the south side, directly above the secretaries office which is placed for the purpose of privacy for the people entering but also allows the secretary to view who is coming in and out. The office face above protrudes forward, it allows the man to connect with the city, the people passing by, its almost like a viewing tower. The entry which is below although to the right of the secretaries office has a bold design of blacks that come out like 3d, engaging the audience of the street, it also creates a space for shelter from rain of sunlight, a protector for human kind..and at the same time drawing people in to see the gallery. The building on the outside is very artistis, its a peace of art it self and I believe is decorum to the building as it is an art gallery.

Cettina Mangano. Sketch up model (a working progress) below..

These are ideas I have played with in the program of sketch up.
The finals are similar although design has been changed. This is the bottom storey.

The Complete Art Gallery Model











L'ARTE...

This is the model I made for my assignment 3, The Art gallery which involved a model with the scale of 1:100, drawings of 1:200 of the interior and exterior (poche Drawings) and plans with sites.
My art gallery is called "L'ARTE" which is Italian for the Arts.

Below you will see pictures taken by Myself of the model.

As well as other drawings that where made on programs such as sketch up while building my ideas and creating this design.

Cettina MANGANO

Wednesday, June 3, 2009

Site one!





One day we decided to go to new town and take pictures, explore the area and quickly learned which sight I wanted to do, It was a relatively easy choice, the next thing that I had to work out was the size and the orientation, where the north was and how daylight effected the building during time. I also went inside the existing building and decided to take photos of what it actually looked like inside and to imagine where my gallery would appear, I took note of the height inside the building and also the location and the different shops/buildings/roads and views to take advantage of. I will attach my photos of site one.

Tuesday, May 26, 2009

Precedent studies















After searching on the Internet, I found some Ideas for my art gallery, in particular the sky lights and they way it allows light in and at the same Time connected with an upstairs house. Steve Holl has inspired me, the minimalism, the style, its so contemporary, the way he introduces the play of light and shadow into a building, the way he defuses light is brilliant. Also I do like other Architects which I have Incorporated pictures below.