Environment and Habitation

General Circulation- Where do people mostly move to?



We' observed that the extension by 6 A Architects has been loved for its cafe, and that most people come for a nice lunch or coffee to socialise in a warm and cosy environment. Therefore the space is more than an extension of just a gallery but also a space where people come together .

Scences

Experimenting:
Standing at specif distances until we felt the cold air once the door was opened.
Using the rope to measure the distance.



Reflections

 Outside becomes part of the inside. Nature let in.


Experimentation: 
Attempts to separate and blocking the exterior from penetrating into the interior with our bodies, to investigate the differences between the two.

Reflections

We noticed that in the late afternoon reflections become more vivid, linking the outside with inside.

Section view of extension



For this section of the building, we were very much interested to understand the way that the building has been constructed, for example, where all the pressure lies within this wall. So we firstly, researched the material used underneath the cladding. Through doing so we learned that a possible material used is steel

and because this just forms the skeleton of the wall as a matter of fact it is not as heavy as we predicted it to be. Therefore, we can come to a conclusion that the blocks on either side of this section are what's used as supports for this building.

Barriers

The way space is divided into three parts. We first have a public space whih is the road and pavement, we then go into an encosed public space which is divided by a gate and the we have a cross of barriers. An enclosed space which has a protective skin, which protects you from the elents outside, but also public because as a gallery space it is open to anyone.

Transformation of the Tree

For this part of the project, we wanted to analyze changes that had occurred within the space of the SLG since we had begun this project. In addition, we looked back at the first day we visited the gallery and the first difference we noticed was weathering: the huge tree located at the front of the gallery had lost all its leaves and it was interesting to see how more spacious the front of the gallery actually looked. With the leaves fallen, we feel that this makes the building look more vivid. Something else that stood out to us was the entrance door, on our first day the door was kept opened because it was warmer outside and this made the gallery feel more welcoming, however, now with cold weather the door is kept shut and for us this evokes quite and uninvited feeling, especially if you do not live locally!