unimelb 2014/2 - outré gallery

O U T R ÉG A L L E R Y

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CONCEPT

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Located in Brunswick, the site for the Outré Gal-lery stands in a very privileged corner of Syd-ney Road and Albert Street. Know for the graf-fitti and hipster culture, the neighborhood easily welcomes this contemporary art gallery.Analyzing the surrounding area we notice old buildings and new, contemporary, ones sit-ting next to each other, making it an in-teresting and complex urban palimpsest.

Venturi’s theory is spread all over Brunswick, with its many contradictions. This project em-braces that concept poping out on the built surroundings in its aesthetics and function.With such a broad understading of art, the chal-lenge was to tune down the variants and focus on the art itself displayed by the gallery, mak-ing a building a blank canvas, while yet not for-geting the building role as a social equipment.

With that in mind, the first step into the project was to make the most use of ground level, placing the cof-fee shop and the book store in a completely public space, making both private and public take advan-tage of each other. At the same time the gallery pops out, the neutral colors and strong textures blends it, making room for the retail to draw the attention . All of that to achieve acceptance, usage and to blend in by contrasting with the existing surrounding.

ARCHITECTURE DESIGN STUDIO FIRE705387 LUCAS BUAINAIN ALVES

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