Final Work

The Gallery from the King St Front:-




The gallery from the King Street front has a fairly simple open facade to allow full visual access to the sculptures and spaces within. It has an awning which is constructed from junk giving it a playful but not overpowering connection to the custom 'junk' furniture within.


The art dealer's apartment and workshop below:-


The art dealers own space is a private escape from the main gallery accessed via an elevator from the workshop. Though his space is a refuge from the hustle and bustle of the gallery it is nevertheless invaded with the junk that fills the entire space. I think this is an important idea as people who are interested in hoarding and junkyards cannot seem to escape from their obsession to a degree and I think also that being surrounded by this junk all the time gives the artists and dealer time to look at it and explore it, igniting more creativity for its use.

His apartment has a pool of water on top of it and a skylight overhead to allow natural light to enter the gallery and disperse over the space with a rippled water effect, interesting lighting for a gallery space.


Inside the gallery:-


The gallery space takes advantage of the full height of the ceiling to allow for the display of large scale sculpture pieces that may potentially hang from the walls or ceiling.



The viewers standing on the outside sculpture platform are view the art pieces and those viewing the art pieces in the gallery via a window. This sets up a sense of theatre between the art pieces and those interacting with them.



The gallery space is very open plan, meaning that visual connections can be made between the art pieces and the custom recycled furniture and all action can be viewed from any point in the gallery. The building uses the old walls from the neighbouring buildings painted in white, so that they have an old, textural, grunge sense while still providing a white/ less distracting backdrop for the art pieces.

The courtyard area / junkyard:-


The courtyard/ junkyard space has been organised so that half of it is a junkyard where people can come and donate their old belongings to be turned into art, and the other half is a planned space which has been handed over to the public for use. The right side of the courtyard has a raised platform for sculpture display and visual access to the gallery which may also be used as seating by the public. It also has a potential sculpture playground for children.



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