The Design

The site I am doing is site 3.After reserching the area of Newtown I found that the Aboriginal History is what I found most interesting and interestingand inspiring so I decided to design a gallery for contemporary Aboriginal artists.As contemporary Aboriginal art has become one of the most important ways in which theya re able to comment on the politicalissues they are facing today and the issues they have faced in the past.My main inspiration for the gallery washe artwork "Edge of the Trees" by Janet Laurence and Fiona FoleyThe work is sculptural installation that is placed outside the museum of Sydney.The artwork is made up of a number of hollowed out logs which represent dijerridoos. The artwork symbolises the meeting of cultures that occured on that site over 2 centeries ago.With the design of the gallery I tried to capture the distinctive qualities of the Newtown area, which is alos influenced by the Aboriginalculture. The building does conform to the general box like structure of the surrounding buildings. The Aboriginal influence is obviouse in the facade of the buiding, which is where you see the influence of the "Edge of the Trees" artwork This half of the facade is made up of a covered wall which is part of a room that is at the entrance of the gallery. This room is ispired by the by the form of the digerridoos. This makes the gallery stand out.When you enter the gallery you are led to into the cylinder shaped room where you go down a small set of stairs as this room sits slightlyunderground, you can then leave this room using another staircase which leads you to the courtyard which is the same form as the first cylinder room. This large room and the courtyard are used for displaying sculptures and installations. Once you leave this room you are once again on the ground floor of the gallery where you go into a small room for displaying small artworks. Leaving this room you are able to viewthe artworks on the side wall of the gallery. The viewer can go up these stairs which curve around the wall of the courtyard.These stairs take you up to the first level and lead you into the another room for displaying sculptures and artorks.