Project Three, Part Two - Amanda Compagnone

SOL LEWITT’S SPLOTCH #15 AT FINCH STATION

Finch station is a high traffic suburban commuter zone, although the area is dense with commuter traffic, it offers many open unused spaces with lots of potential. People in this location are often rushing in and out of the space like zombies, heading to a set destination, typically work. I wanted to offer these commuters a change from their daily routine and scenery without forcing or manipulating them into the space by putting up roadblocks and to change their path. By making use of an already empty space, the gallery is meant to enrich the landscape rather than impose on a currently used space. The gallery is hidden behind a solitary electrical tower to give a sneak peek between the steel partly exposing the change in landscape, the gallery and the works. The idea is to stimulate the viewers’ intrigue, and allowing it to guide them into the space. The electrical tower it self is already a source of intrigue as it’s isolated from the rest of the towers located in the field behind the parking lot. I want commuters to acknowledge their curiosity and the conscious choice to enter the gallery. Sol LeWitts Splotch #15 offers contrast against the white gallery walls and will be permanently installed on the South side of the gallery; the North side of the gallery of the gallery will be open for temporary installations.

Project Three, Final Review : Anahita Kiani

Elevation North-South



Elevation East-West



Section North-South




Section East-West

Project Three, Final Review/Curation: Katie Felton

URBAN INTERVENTION: DESIGNER’S STATEMENT

My proposal for the location of Giuseppe Penone’s open-air gallery is outside of McCowan subway station in the North Scarborough suburbs of Toronto.
I believe part of what the suburbs may be missing is a deep connection to art and culture, particularly in the form of spatial representation. As well, a natural variety is not apparent in these areas and nature is not given the space or the freedom to be creative itself, by evolving or expanding.
By placing an open-air gallery on the expanse of grassland nestled between Scarborough Shopping Center and a quieter, more corporate pocket, I am proposing that Penone’s work can bridge all disconnects from nature, urban culture, and the environment to the occupants of the area.
It can also serve as a monument to the future the Scarborough suburbs; a more soulful and more livable community, with less emphasis on the corporate elements and more on the ribbon on nature that cuts through the area.
The proposed location for the gallery is one which is visible and accessible to a heavy traffic of people coming to and from the buildings and shops in and around the McCowan RT station, so it will be a perfect showcase for the selected piece of art.
Penone’s work consists of pieces of worked natural materials expressing poetic principles and values inspired by wooded areas and natural bounties, such as the ones the artist became accustomed to growing up in a small village in the Maritime Alps.
The gallery is designed like a gateway and so observers will be given the simulation that they are being transported from their surroundings. The portals in the walls have been offset so that only a beam of light passes through to the entrance, alluding to what lies at the end of passage—a spiritual transformation.

PLAN 1:100

SECTIONS 1:100

ELEVATIONS 1:100

PERSPECTIVE 1:100

MODEL 1:100

Project Three (Final Review) - Michael Pham

ARTIST STATEMENT

I chose Nathan Philip Square because it had a lot of free space. I think it is a good opportunity to use this space to show different elements of design to create this gallery. This site was important because it also had an artwork (The Archer) displayed already and it seem incomplete somehow. I wanted to connect the old and the new by adding Carsten Holler’s artwork (Rhinoceros). The gallery was to connect both art pieces in different zones. The larger zone is where the Rhinoceros will be located because it’s the main focus of the art piece and the smaller is for The Archer. The goal of this gallery was to create a maze type space where you get the feeling of being lost and finding your way to the artwork. This maze is design to enclose the artwork, so that you can see minimum outside of this space, but the intent is bringing curiosity to the viewers so they can be drawn to the gallery to see the artwork and also to see the design of the space that surrounds the art.

SHOWCASE: CARSTEN HOLLER'S RHINOCEROS

SITE: NATHAN PHILIP SQUARE

CARSTEN HOLLER'S GALLERY

PERPECTIVES

MODEL
PLAN
ELEVATIONS
SECTIONS

PROJECT 2 - EVE ZORAWSKI

2:1 SITE ANALYSIS [here]
2:2 PROTOTYPE A + B VERSUS FINAL
2:3 COMMENTS


A - B
FINAL

When deliberating the rendering style for this project, I was instantly compelled to use simple and strong graphic elements. The Canadian Pacific Tower itself is a strong statement within downtown Toronto with Mies van der Rohe's exquisitely Modern style. For Prototype A I intended to recreate van der Rohe's sketchy rending lines- attempting to obtain the appropriate visual essence of the building.

For my final rendering I chose to combine the clean rigid lines from Prototype B and elegance of Prototype A's emptiness. I also revised my measurements and other details. I find that this rendering makes an interesting marriage between my graphic style and the richness of the Modern building.

Project Two, Part Two - Amanda Compagnone

Project Three, Part One: Katie Felton

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Giuseppe Penone, Peau de feuilles, 2000.

Where: Open Air Gallery, designed by Katie Felton

Location: McCowan Rd. and Progress Ave, Scarborough

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