Crawford Gallery + Art Post | Critical Reflection
The project around the concepts of solid + void, from exploring the character of spaces by articulation and the projection of forms. This gallery is an immediate intervention into the existing fabric of the Crawford building at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art & Design, Dundee.
Two concrete walls along the length of the proposal act as buttress to which the upper floors can be projected and cantilever. Each level or ‘room’ was developed to be flexible and allow different Art disciplines within the University to display and showcase their work.
The facades to either end is of a perforated copper sheeting mesh, acting to diffuse light and creating differing light levels for each floor. The front is taken from the tree line in front of Crawford building. Whereas to the rear it incorporates Jacquard loom punch cards, referencing towards Dundee’s industrial heritage and past.
