Assignment 3: Newtown Gallery

Assignment 3 involved designing an art gallery and an apartment space on Newtown.
The main design feature of this gallery was the significant gallery area of the lower gallery, upper gallery and the outdoor gallery. By having this, the amount of artwork for presentation would be a significant number, and the continuation of space would mean less disconnection for viewers of art.

The area under the gallery space would be dedicated to the rest of the project requirements are are shown by the plans.

Following are a few selected illustrations and images of the model.


Selected illustrations


Site plan


Section showing progression from lower gallery to upper gallery.


Upper level plan depicting expansive upper gallery and outer display area.


Lower level plan with lower gallery and apartment space. Regarding the personal space, the top rooms from left to right are storage space (with angled door for easy entry and located centrally for extra security, the wall between it and the lower gallery also opens to allow for easy gallery entry for artwork). On its right is the kitchen which has a window to the back. Below these are the office, workspace and then bedroom with en-suite bathroom, both of which have windows.


Perspective of the interior procession from Lower Gallery to Upper Gallery and how light would penetrate the building from either side and from above.


Horizontally sectioned perspective which shows the personal living quarters in relation to the staircase.


Images of model


Front of model showing size of gallery relative to the buildings on either side.


Back of model showing bathroom and entry point for truck access.


Model in its 2 sections.

Assignment 2: Room of Thought

Assignment 2 involved selecting a 17th Century Dutch artwork or a drawing from the famous Hopper. The image I chose for my project was Summer Interior by Hopper.

After choosing the image we were to design a room (or a series of rooms) in which occupants could satisfy a hobby which was to be derived from studying the painting. The chosen hobby was thought. To design a room of thought that would effectively accomodate and stimulate thought, I studied the process of thought and how the body could comfortably proceed with this.

As a result, multiple sitting areas were designed and in place of a thought stimulant, reflected water onto the ceiling became the central feature of the structure.

Below are images which were chosen for this folio for assignment 2.


Plan of building, showing thick masonry walls to provide coolness in a heated desert enviroment (symbolic of "Summer Interior") which is the site of this building.


Section and Elevation of building, showing once again thick and dense wall structure.


An axonometric drawn with a section cut. Note the section cut was chosen to show the range of sitting places in the buiding to aford for all kinds of sitting postures and locations. In the thick walls a wide sitting position was provided so thought could be in connection with the outside world. Around the shallow pool seating allows for thought provoked by water reflections on cielling, and in the middle of the pool a shaded square meditative block was designed to allow for.. meditation.


Sketchup Image showing people sitting in various locations.


Model in 2 sections.


Model showing a range of seating locations.


Roof of model, showing glass on roof and how light would penetrate the structure and be cooled by the pool of water below.

Assignment 1 Venturi's Mother House

Assignment 1 involved the study and observation of various villas. After this was done, various parti and poche drawings of the building were done in conjunction with a model to show an understanding and appreciation of the buildings complexities and points of interest.

By looking at researched plans, it appeared as if the villa was not complicated, but it was only during the construction of the model was the complexity fully appreciated.

Below are a few images collected as the final brief suggests; a few selected drawings and images of the model.


A Few Selected Drawings:


Program (Experimented with colour on trace and the effects exceeded expectations as they contrasted with the yellow quite well and when overlayed over outline of building, showed effectively different usage of space.)



Geometry (2 partis showing geometry of building. The Mother House obviously involved alot of geometrical influences and the images show just some of the geometrical shapes that I found after studying plans and elevations)


Plan of Ground and 2nd Floors of the building, lined up to be understood easier.


Section of building, chosen to depict the central position of the chimney and how the staircase is specifically built around it.


Images of Model


Front of Model


Model in 2 Sections. (Note: Model Section is not straight cut due to specific instructions given to our class. Also, a straight cut would mean the chimney and staircase in its entirety could not be shown as it has been.


Stair/Chimney Section


Other Section


Model from the back, showing once again the section cut.