(WEEK 14) SITE PLAN/ELEVATION

(WEEK 14) SECTIONS

(WEEK 13) PLANS

(WEEK 12) SKETCH

Museum entrance

(WEEK 12) Research and inspiration

Corten Steel:
         I've decided to use corten steel paneling to clad my main museum building. Aesthetically I think the rusty red brown tones are appropriate for Pomonas rural context, plus its an appropriate sheet size to clad a building of this scale.

http://cortenaustralia.com.au/cladding-profiles.html

Possible door design for theater

Being that the door for the theatre is floor to ceiling roughly 8000 tall designing the mechanism for it to function is difficult. Options are for a roller style, large sliding or my preference which is a door hinged at the top that swings up. My preference for one that swings upward is to pay homage to that old style garage door that was common when I was young which while I'm sure was not exclusive to Australia does conjure particularly aussie images for me. One that folds in on its self as demonstrated is a must due to the size of the door and the space I've allocated.

(WEEK 11) Rough form model

This model whilst still at an early stage of development have given me some indication as to the proportions of my building and how the form looks. The form of the this main section has been influenced by the large sheds used to house trains and also large rural buildings which I feel will fit into the context of factory street. My major concern is the height of my building, will need to model other buildings to gain context.

(WEEK 10) Tutorial Feedback

Moving on from my second submission I made some alterations to the layout of my museum which will improve its functionality and build upon my theme from my original node which was kinetic architecture and flexible spaces. 

Changes:

           The offices and storage have been moved to the south eastern side of the building and arranged              to form a semi private courtyard area which allows light to penetrate into the far corner of                        the exhibition space.

 

           This now means that the front exhibition space can now open directly onto the main outside area            via a large rotating portion of wall that connects it with the cafe and theatre areas.

           The community room beside the theatre has been moved north creating another courtyard area                space, plus allowing the now adjacent community rooms to be opened into each via large sliding            doors to accommodate a variety of uses.

           The theatre now features a large garage type door that opens onto the main outdoor area so that              performances conducted on the stage can either face inwards or outwards depending on the                    desired use. 

Tutor Feedback:

                Received positive feed back for the changes, suggestion was to create a form model for next                   week to begin to gauge an idea of the size of the buildings in relation to one another and                         begin researching materials.