Progression

By looking at Steven Holl work as precedent, my approach for the design of the gallery is attempted to create two masses that join together in a way that represent the verticality of the higher building and the horizontality of the lower building building.  With these two masses, I could have a wide glazing façade for the gallery display, which is appropriate as the street is busy and wide glazing will help capture the attention of the pedestrians. On the other hand, I could also have a two-storey height area that emphasis the wide space in the gallery.

Further development of the design involves in a better organisation of space and the location of the stairway for the gallery. I try to keep my gallery space as big as possible and with a long wall without any disturbance. Thus it will help create a more generous space for people to enjoy the artwork. I design the courtyard to be on the first floor. The reason for this is that the area around the site is busy and by having the courtyard at this level, it engages the insider to be part of the streetscape.

The programme in my art gallery is having a public (gallery) and semi public area (office, workshop and storage) at the ground level, a public (gallery and courtyard) are on the first level and a private apartment for the art dealer on the second level. The private apartment is located at the rear of the building. It is due to the art dealer fascination of having a quite and calm place far from the business of the street.

Lighting control in the gallery is through the windows and skylights. The windows on the first level are design so that light still can come through in between the artworks that hang on the wall. However, the use of skylights has been considered too much since I do have the high windows running from ground through the roof at the front façade. As a result, I might just omit the use of skylights since the sunlight from the windows are enough to light the gallery area. 

first progression

second progression