I found that this slide and especially this image reflected the Constriction and freedom component that I am trying to portray in one of my designs. Here it uses the flow of lines to direct the viewer to one point, where their relationship constrict the space but direct freedom at the end of the tunnel. However, this image uses a balanced mix between space and emptiness, or a drop to create openess, which is something I am avoiding to portray.
However, studying this, I have discovered a need to create more interesting spaces where I can give the viewer a taste of freedom, however, far from achieving it.
I have used this technique similarly with small tunnels, some short enough to crawl to convey create the contrast to freedom.
The use of lighting to signify freedom is also similarly captured in my design where I would use paler and more reflective materials in the end / meeting space to portray freedom.
1. Alfred Nobel - people.ubr.com "Hope is nature's veil for hiding truth's nakedness."
2. Jacques Yves Cousteau - brainyquote.com “From birth, man carries the weight of gravity on his shoulders. He is bolted to earth. But man has only to sink beneath the surface and he is free.”
Unfortunately, dramatic changes had to be done for the architecture to be more ergonomic, for example, the top studio has more in door space (stable environments) and has a more direct route down stairs (easier to carry sculptures).
As well as this, I had previously mixed the gallery and studio spaces, now the top Donuts are Studio and Storage for Fiona Hall, the Ground Level is Public spaces and Gallery and underground is Moffat's Studio.
Throughout this building, the floor is dark grey and the walls are pale grey to enhance the power of both the artist's work and what they are conveying. With this, a theme of red is used to bring the architecture in a confronting and personal level.
SHAPE
At first I decided the general shape of the building to be curved because many of the artists work linked together and weren't separate bodies. With a curved shape, people can easily brows through un-interrupted. I later replaced the ceiling with glass for natural lighting as both the artist bring inspiration from the world around them.
The choice of the donut rooms is more for the shape it creates when you look above at it rather than inside. Because of it's tunnelling movement, it draws you up; further capturing Moffat's word "Possession". Another aspect that represents this greatly are the stairs in Moffat's Studio (the theatre - more info read below). Their hand shape steps more figuratively express this work as it links it closely to human greed.
The donut rooms and their decoration were also used to express "Shrivel", where at first they are perfect donuts, then the decoration coursly pulls it down. The spiral stairs within the centre tube also helps emphasise this as it unevenly reaches the smaller room.
FIONA HALL
I decided to have two levels and an extra room for Fiona as she works with a variety of mediums from sculptures to large canvas sized pieces. From this, I imagin her needing large space to help her inspiration. The Small room would most likely be used as a terminal or Souvenier shop if she wants one, and the bottom level would be the storage area. Above in the well lit room would be her studio.
This area has the option for dividers for easier catagorisation of art. Here it shares the space with other public uses and additional rooms should be added such as a bathroom and cafe since this is a building of it's own. I've used the Outside of this room for Moffat's Portaits and the middle (red) for Hall's Sculptures.
Because Moffat loves to study humans and represent them in her work, I decided to turn a previously made stairs in my first design into a theatre for her studio. Here she can bring people in with her and and enjoy their company more directly. As well as this there is plenty of space for additional rooms she may need such as a Dark Room (if she develops her own photography) and Storage.
