Project 3 - Updated and Final Site Selection

Location: 243, 245 King Street (Adjacent to Church Street)
Breadth: 9000, Length: 27 000

The site is the Westpac Building in the centre of the above photo. On the building's left is 'Fords Pharmacy' (Breadth: 6000, Length: 28 000, Height: 13 200) and 'Holy Sheet' sits on the building's right (Breadth: 5000, Length: 25 000, Height: 13 700)

This is the rear view of which Westpac sits in the centre. There is a small lane behind the buildings, allowing for easy access for delivery purposes etc.

The buildings on either side of Westpac have a decorated facade, and I will try to blend in my building to the surrounding ones, as if to create a streetscape where there is a continuous flow and not disconnected by one which looks out of place. This idea also allows me to push forward my idea of another somewhat 'normal' building on King St, but inside will hold some of the most bizarre and fascinating pieces of art (to shock, excite, fascinate - as the artworks themselves are made for this intention).

Project 3 - Sketches/Inspiration

Early Sketches & Ideas
- Elevation possibility (top)
- Plan & arrangement of spaces possibilities (bottom)

Margaret Esherick House 1959-61 (Louis Kahn)

Large openings as if sculpted out of a solid mass - possible to incorporate idea of sculpting out of a mass to create openings for the art gallery

Project 3 (Art Galley + Shop/House) - Previous Site

The site is to be located along King Street in Newtown
(Width of site: 8-12m; Length of site: 30m)

Possible choices include 207, 209, 211, 213, 215 King Street,
bounded by Hordem Street and Egan Street.
(As marked on maps below)

Project 2 - Poche Drawings

Plan

Section A

West & East Elevations

Axonometric

Project 2 - Temple for a woman in a search of feminine beauty

Equipment: Card (grey & white), clear acrylic/semi-opaque acrylic, cutting knife (scalpel), metal ruler, scale ruler, cutting mat, circle template, mechanical pencil, compass, set square, craft glue, drawings - sketches, construction, design...

* Rough/Sketch model (shown top right)
* Early stages of model-making (shown bottom right)

Elevations (Front & Back)

Birds-eye view of model

FINAL MODEL

Project 2 - Painting & Site

Painting: 'Woman at her toilet' by Jan Steen 1659-60
Narrative: Temple for a woman in search of feminine beauty.

Questioning where true beauty is found - in outer appearance? But eventually that will fade... Or inner beauty? Form and in structure found in ratios?

*Idea of how beauty can be incorporated into a building through the study of geometry found in the human form and in nature.
*Idea of how a perfectly proportioned building can bring harmony, contentment and comfort to the one inhabiting the space and hence allow for appreciation of beauty in its forms
*The use of the golden rectangle

Site: Monet's Garden

Monet's Garden, the Irises. 1900 (Monet)

Waterlillies, 1914. (Monet)
Monet wishes to capture the unattainable - the air which surrounds, the beauty of desire to catch the often unattainable light, air and reflections. I wished to do the same with my design.

Monet's garden - quality of water, everchanging colour, reflections, power, light

House facing Monet's garden

Map of the gardens of Claude Monet at Giverny

Project 2 (Room & Narrative) Early stage drawings

Preliminary Sketches


Plan

Site Plan - Monet's Garden

Norman Fisher House by Louis Kahn (Inspiration here and there)

Looking out into the garden


Large areas of glazing - connection between interior and exterior


Interior shots


First Floor Plan

Venturi Mother's House - Parti & Poche drawings

Parti diagrams

Parti diagrams

Poche - First Floor Plan

Poche - Second Floor Plan

Poche - Section

Poche - Section & Site Plan

Windows & Doors Research

We did a useful task researching different windows and doors found in architecture. This enabled me to consider the different options in how to allow light into my buildings.