Project 2: Linear Gallery

Project 2 process

Concept

The creation of a linear gallery based on the tectonics and pattern of the inverse model of an image of bamboo poses the challenge of interpreting the media at different scales. I have analyzed the individual pieces of the original model, and I have abstracted the knuckle on the bamboo pieces so that it is an interpretation of two cylindrical parts colliding, and that force of collision creates a buckling so that the materials break away from the original form creating a greater circumference at the location of collision. I have used this concept to develop a parti that expresses a collision of two linear aspects that meet and then diverge because of the implied friction created by the act of colliding. In a literal sense, there are two linear galleries that collide, and on section slides underground, whereas the other is pushed upwards. In terms of the scale of the entire inverse model, the cylindrical tubes can be used as a screening system across the skin of the gallery. The screen can be selectively omitted in places to allow for a rhythm on the façade and to allow for more light to get in the gallery at opportune locations.

Project 2 concept sketches