Year: 2009
Location: 270 King Street, Newtown, NSW
Type: Retail
Tutor: Swetik Korzeniewski
The architecture aims to provide indoor and outdoor spaces without a limit exhibiting and appreciating art, so that architecture itself becomes a built artwork which reflects the existing context. Coexistence of old architecture and contemporary cultural activities along King Street inspires to create a form which seems to be held or supported by its old neighbor buildings. Contrast with the existing surrounding buildings is exaggerated by using concrete, glass and metal mesh, which are relatively considered as materials for modern architecture while the architecture contributes to balance the old and contemporary cultures and architectures in Newtown.
1.Entry 2.Store room 3.Toilet 4.Cafe kitchen 5.Restaurant kitchen
6.Restaurant eating area 7.Outdoor terrace/eating area
8.Workshop studio 10.Exhibition hall 11.Reception/Bookshop
12.Gallery room 13.Toilet
14.Skylight
Location: 270 King Street, Newtown, NSW
Type: Retail
Tutor: Swetik Korzeniewski
The architecture aims to provide indoor and outdoor spaces without a limit exhibiting and appreciating art, so that architecture itself becomes a built artwork which reflects the existing context. Coexistence of old architecture and contemporary cultural activities along King Street inspires to create a form which seems to be held or supported by its old neighbor buildings. Contrast with the existing surrounding buildings is exaggerated by using concrete, glass and metal mesh, which are relatively considered as materials for modern architecture while the architecture contributes to balance the old and contemporary cultures and architectures in Newtown.
1.Entry 2.Store room 3.Toilet 4.Cafe kitchen 5.Restaurant kitchen
6.Restaurant eating area 7.Outdoor terrace/eating area
8.Workshop studio 10.Exhibition hall 11.Reception/Bookshop
12.Gallery room 13.Toilet
14.Skylight
