This gallery located on a cliff at Bondi, provides four different scenery beach, city (day &night), stars and overhanging from the cliff. Aiming to heighten the experience upon its viewers, through viewing these sceneries the viewer feels relaxed and thus escaping reality’s problems.
This building is designed in a symmetrical form as I wanted to convey the fact that even tho the moon and sun performs the same function they also provide different effects upon the world, in that sense I wanted the viewer to notice that just because the room may be the same, the direction it faces can alter the experience completely, thus providing the fact that there are always two ways of looking at things. Also the fact of making both rooms the same it disregards the fact that one scene is better because of the angle or direction they see it in, thus creating a none bias’s environment and helps the viewer concentrate on enjoying the scenery without any excess thoughts.
For the circulation flow, i aimed on providing as much freedom for the viewers as possible by allowing the viewers the choice as to where and what scenery to view. When entering the gallery the viewer is blind sighted as both sides and roof are completely sealed off preventing any views towards the outside until 8 meters into the gallery, the viewer is immediately presented with 3 directions to choose from, left, forward and right. Before the viewer decides which path to take each direction presents what’s intended beforehand, as the angle in which the pathways are faced also shows what type of view it faces. If the viewer has decided to go to either the beach or city scene, they can also choose whether to view these’s scenery indoor or outdoor, as this option presents itself once the viewer heads towards the scenery direction.
When viewing anyone of these’s scenery, I have aimed on heightening the experience when viewing it to its maximum potential. When viewing the beach or city scene indoor, the viewer is protected by a glass visard shielding the viewer from distractions such as the wind, noises, cold and mainly any elemental distractions. Thus the viewer can enjoy these scenery without any distractions. However I’ve also allowed an outdoor option, giving the option for the viewer to experience such scenery as it should be, i.e. with natures influence like feeling the breeze of winds, sounds of waves, and such things like feeling the sunlight.
If the viewer heads forward instead of left or right they will encounter two flights of stairs, where one leads to a landing allowing the viewer to view the stars the traditional way which is tilting the head up high to be able to view stars. As this will tire the neck after a while, i have also allowed the option of viewing the stars without tilting the head so high, as the next flight of stairs leads to a landing where the angle for viewing the stars is not so high. It was possible to providing two sets of angles as the shape of the roof allows this possibility.
As this gallery is located on a cliff, I used this to its advantage by providing a four view. This view is located at the very end of the gallery, where the long balcony that surrounds the exterior of the gallery acts as an overhang off the cliff, only for this particular view. Providing a view of everything and giving a feeling of flying as the floor for this particular part of the balcony is glass. Here the viewer will feel a complete feeling of freedom and thus escaping reality.
