Design Journal13/03/20

The 3D model is almost complete textures and materiality still remain, along with the sloping of the gorund as well as the completeion of online activites regarding the model (including adding the custom textures), depending on time constraints I will endevour to reder this in Lumion.

Work proceded on the model as external components were brought in to imply usage for the spaces on the floor above.

These componets were veichles and car lifts imported from Sketch Up's native 3d warehouse, and are credited in the photos below.

Stairs from the first submission were brought in and integrated, to help define access to the above and below levels.

The Monolithic cieling of the vestibule was given character with intircate roof art to create textures and depth.

A ramp up to the Kyza was installed in the centre of the gallery, whilst the stairs remian ofsset to the left, a sort of symbol prioritizing the access of cars to the first floor rather than that of people. Aadditionial elements were also added to the gallery to imply use, these include a reception, guiding walls for padestrian traffic and turntables to display cars.

Walls were added to the bottom floors to seperate the workshop rooms for Jansen.

A sort of parasol canopy was added to the front facade to soften the harsh geometry of the hexagonal studio dome.

However the thinly aligned edges of the canopy futher grought out the trapezoidal galley space making the buliding look awakward from approach. Hence tit was extended to mask the extension of the gallery thereby enrich the viewers experince of the architecture as they entered the building and emphising the wide panoramic veiws offered at the gallery's end.

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Custom Textures

‘Abrasive’ provides uniquely personal and beautiful (in the Burkean sense) texture within an otherwise monolithic, geometric space. It fosters a fascinating interplay between the privileged viewpoints of the car and the workspace, microcosmically embodying the challenges and values imbued within the space, and its design. Light heartedness of the colouration in ‘Smooth’ helps to define a generally pleasant and artistic building inviting the viewer into the gallery. Its application onto the large draping canopy suggesting a unique approach to design, manifesting as a curiosity towards the gallery and the work within. The darker ‘Etched’ texture was imposed disjunctively upon the roof structure to emphasise the genteel nature of the curvatures. It was employed away from areas of congregation as to not overpower the observers scale, but instead contrast against the more circular, glistening, white roofs; made further graceful by those geometric shadows overcast.

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