PROJECT 3 - Refined roof and doorway

DEVICE 1 (drawing on the left)

Allowing light to be directed to the walls while leaving other areas slightly dark. This contrast draws attention to the wall.

DEVICE 2 (drawing on the right)

Light can be focus on a particular spot, perfect for displaying sculptures.

PROJECT 3 - PLAN,SECTION AND ELEVATION(refined version)

PROJECT 3 - How to Approach the Concept

1. Replace Franklin market by the Gallery and Studio without damaging anything else.

2. By having a staircase that extends out of a door frame would transform the existing Program. People would be directed to follow up the stairs to the 2nd floor.

Once you come to the 2nd Floor you will feel as if you are entering a construction site by looking at the half demolished 19th century windows, walking on an elevated pathway.

The Studio as a private space would be designed to give a sense of being underground. An incision is made on the 2nd floor so that the natural light can be directed to the bottom floor. This hole would not only follow the trajectory of the sun by being situated on an angle, but also simulates the effect of a fluorescent light.

The escalating zig-zag pathway is to disconnect the view of circulation from one space to another, it also helps you to have a look at the existing building elements such as the ceiling.

The long ramp that takes you through the entire public space is to gain a complete view of large size art works and sculptures at different angle.

PORJECT 3 - Precedent Studies

- Gordon Matta Clark








- Enric miralles




- fehn



Similar notion of the subtraction of an existing have been studied from different famous architects, however the project that was studied the most is the Lacatron & Vassal in Paris. In which the materials and major structures are to be kept the same way as they were, so that the natural sense can be established.

PORJECT 3 - Design Concept

Design Concept

Graffiti Art is a form of public art, thus a gallery designed for a Graffiti artist should somehow possess the characteristics of a public space. However if this gallery was to become a public space then it would lack the sense of exclusivity to a particular artist such as ELTONO.

Therefore the central idea is to keep the existing building but also subtracting elements of the existing building, it is able to create an atmosphere similar to public space however without reducing the exclusiveness of an art gallery.

PORJECT 3 - PreStudy & Inspiration

Within this project, many works from Eltono was taken as inspiration instead of other graffiti artist's. This is mainly because the concept of his graffiti works are distinctively contemporary and innovative with the abstract use of geometric shapes and lines.