Building 2

The inspiration for the form of the above ground structure comes from the noun "cacoon" I used to describe Fiona Hall's "Tender". I envisioned an enormous shape like a pod, or a chrysalis.
Adding the struts also evoked an image of a little bird like creature, again, referencing Halls' dollar bill nests.

The verb referenced in the below ground structure is "disrupt" which is deduced from "Something More" by Tracey Moffat. I imagined it to be a large, geometric shape with straightforward, hard lines, embedded within the earth.


Above: This back view shows the supporting struts.
The underground structure consists of an inner room where the walls are glass, surrounded by a passageway filled with plants and vegetation, like a garden corridor wrapping around the studio. The ceiling of this structure is also glass, to let in natural light. However, the area above the studio is a shallow pool of water, which provides privacy for those working directly below, as well as an interesting diffusion of light. These stairs are also glass, to blend in with the wall and to show the greenery on the other side.


I used my texture of layered stones to line the walls of the underground structure - you can see it through the glass of the inner room. Tracey Moffet's "Something More" hangs on the wall.



The entrance stairs to the main gallery acts as a third support for the structure, and is made of a single sheet of folded metal.

This tiny little entrance chamber further emphasizes the idea of a cacoon - snug and enclosed. I covered everything in my fleshy texture, to evoke a sense of softness, warmth, as well as disquiet and the slightly abject.

Above: A sectional view of the first floor gallery and the secondary space on the half level.
Below: This sectional view shows the top floor studio area, looking down at the layers of curves of the other levels. I designed plain, wooden cantilever stairs for the inside of the above ground structure to compliment the simple, calm setting necessary for a gallery - where I believe the main focus should be on the artwork.




Above: Fiona Hall's vitrine containing her "Tender" works, placed in the main gallery space.
The gallery stairs are simple wooden steps attached to the curved surface of the wall.
Below: A view from the small landing, looking up to the top floor studio.



Above: My "supple" textures was used to cover a section of the ceiling as a decorative detail in the upstairs studio, extending the shape of the window.
Below: A side sectional view of the mutliple levels.