Urban Platform – Union Street's Temporary Art Space is a project about the disused site opposite the Jerwood Space. We had to create a structure that has to accommodate: a gallery, a performance space, a cinema/ projection space, a viewing platform, café and toilets.
It was a 3 weeks project and research was fundamental in the initial stages. I started the research by mapping the area all around the site and this helped me to understand what was around the site and what was missing and needed. After that I did some research on what the site was previously used for (Urban Orchid). Then, I did a detailed research of the colors and patterns around the site and I found out that it was actually very monotonous! Therefore, already from that, I wanted to create something eye catching and interesting as the final model, in order to improve the looking of the place and to attract more people to visit this part of the city.
Throughout the research process I didn't collect only visual information, I also developed them through solids - voids (positive and negative space), I worked with city silhouettes and skylines, scales and measurements and many others. This process helped me to come up with various interesting shapes that I transformed into 3D models later on.
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| Mushroom structure that inspired me. |
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| Bottom floor: Gallery. Second floor: Café, Viewing Platform. Third floor: Performance Space, Viewing platform. |
However, my final model is a layered multiuse and flexible structure inspired specifically by Rachel Whiteread - Embankment and by a mushroom - like structure I found on the site.
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