Project Three, Part Two, Claudia Kwon

Guillermo Kuitca's Gallery in Downtwon Toronto

Section (Scale 1:100)

Plan (Scale 1:100)


Perspective Drawings (Scale 1:100)

Elevation (Scale 1:100)

Model (Scale 1:100)



Designer's Statement

My open gallery is designed and constructed to exhibit the work of Guillermo Kuitca; who is an Argentinean visual artist. He is a key figure in the history of Latin American art known for his map and architectural work. He has exhibited worldwide and his work is held in several major international collections, including MOMA and the Met. He usually emphasizes his interest in the capacity of cartographic and architectural diagrams to change our orientation to the social spaces we inhabit.

It is my pleasure to design this open-air gallery for him in heart of downtown Toronto. The site of this gallery locates at Adelaide and Richmond Center, right beside the main entrance. Although this site is very open to the public, it does not do any particular function for people so I thought it would be such a good location for placing an open-air gallery and exhibiting great works of Guillermo Kuitca. Because this site is located in the middle of financial district, most of business people do not have a time to go to gallery and enjoy good art works; however, by having such open-air gallery right beside of their work place will make them to visit and enjoy the great art works like Kuitca’s.

The design of gallery is a very simple composition while the chosen art piece represents a chaotic, acoustic feeling. I would like to have a contrast between space and art piece. Simple set of gallery divides into two sections: east part and west part. They are completely separated by the center wall but audience must enter from the west side. There are portals on each wall which leads a path for audience. However, once you step into each section, you will experience something a new each time because each section was designed to give audience a completely different perspectives of space. People can join into this amazing experience during their lunch time or on their way back home by visiting this gallery nearby their work. I think it would be a great idea to exhibit the rest of pieces from Acoustic Mass series in different places in city too.