Wednesday 21 October 2009

Site 1.1 - Open Urban Space and Art Gallery

Another quick photoshop elevation of the 'art contribution from the community' idea. The building will only extend to a certain distance, leaving the open space more opportunity. Apart from the obvious ideas of having stalls and performances, there would be panels of blank walls, which are placed randonly on site, where a drawing/painting competition will be held, and the participation will use the blank wall as their canvas and judge there and then. None winning drawing will not be taken down. This is a way of allowing the society to contribute towards the city whilst having a good time. It provides that uniqueness where no other places have. In the Art Gallery, I thought of having weekly art classes to the community, and whatever sculpture is being made can be put outside for everyone to look at and admire.

The pond does not have to be developed to the extend of having boats. It should just be kept as clean as possible, as it acts as a natural cooler to the environment. But it has a huge opportunity to have a huge sculpture or monument being build in the middle of the pond. It could be an abstract art that reflects the city's personality, which can be another focal point of the site.

Here are my 30 minutes sketchup model of the Art gallery i had in mind. Obviously it needs alot of design development as this is an impulse idea. Initially the roof was flat but i added skylights as I was modelling the building, I personally would take it off or developed it through.

2 comments:

  1. Interesting. What is the context? Did you do this for a competition?

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  2. This is not for competition. The site is in Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, the town I am doing my design thesis. The context is in city centre, trying to redefine the city road in becoming an open space. The site is surrounded by shops, open carparks and hotels. I thought it would be interesting to do this and gather ideas from the public from my hometown, and hopefully with this idea, I could implement their thoughts into the infrastructure of the city. That is just the hope.

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