Hidden Gallery

Spaces for art have been a repeated theme throughout the practice of Architecture.  This project strives to create an environment for art that is not removed from daily life, but integrated into the way we live in today’s society.  The scale of the space and the lighting and placement of the artwork is of museum quality.  The inclusion of living spaces within the gallery begins to transform the notion that the display of great artwork is reserved for weekend destinations, whether that destination is a museum, gallery or palatial country home.  

 

By incorporating living, dining and sleeping quarters into the project, the viewing of artwork can become a part of the daily ritual.  Consequently, the austerity of the gallery is subtly modified to create an environment of a more personal scale.  

 

The artwork continues into the garden and culminates in a serpentine wall sculpture that weaves its way around the edge of the compound.  Included into the garden is a swimming pool, a fountain, a cabana and a landscape wall.  The view from inside the gallery to the garden incorporates these features in a manner that helps diminish the boundary of the structure and integrates the inside and outside spaces.