Drawing threshold plan + section

(Workshop 08) Measuring and plan

Before considering a design within St Paul Street Gallery 3, it was essential to gather correct measurements of the site. Correct documentations of these are essential to represent it accurately as a designer. We re-visited the site and I looked around, inside and out, multiple times just to get a feel for the space, considering the light and darkness within the space. I also considered the noisiness and quietness throughout the site, and the amount of privacy it has in different areas.

These were the measurements I had gathered with my group to set me up to draw my plan and build a model.

**Existing building plan drawing (1:50)**

The plan was drawn of the gallery room as well as the lobby/entrance room, elevator and main entrance to the building from Wellesley Street.

Threshold

The threshold that I came across while visiting Albert Park and the gallery were:

light / dark
open / close
movement / stasis
interior / exterior
noisy / quiet

I saw the light which filtered through to the gallery room very beautiful. There was a casting of the main window’s shadow on the gallery floor which changed direction and size as well as intensity throughout the day. I compared this with the experience of each day I face. Each day is new and starts the same way and progresses, moves, brightens and fades into darkness when there is no more light and it is time to rest.

I wanted to capture this threshold moment in the space as there are very different light intensities in the space, ideal for the sleep/wake experience. The calm, private and intimate space that the gallery room holds is ideal for a setting to retire to sleep and set out into the world after sleeping and re-booting.