Museum of Bold New Art (Portfolio)

Jarrod Haynes Capstone 2017 440173788

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The Museum of Bold New Art is an experiment that combines a large public space with a large, underground museum featuring the nation’s best absurdist, abstract and surreal art.

The museum’s aim is to provide an expansive public space that can be used for events, outdoor exhibitions, as well as a wide variety of underground galleries and workshops embedded in iconic Sydney sandstone.

The Museum of Bold New Art will provide a range of workshops for the local community, wider Sydney and interstate and international visitors. It will also provide a variety of restaurants, cafes and bars throughout the site.

The museum and its large public space revitalises an area that has previously been ignored by both state and local governments.

The site will be used as common ground to unite the two cities in the Sydney metropolitan area.

The musuem’s design will likely be influenced by Daniel Libeskind’s Micromega drawings as well as his chamber works. The museum component of the precinct will likely borrow sharp angles from Libeskind’s Denver Art Museum, instead being underground, exposing a mixture of sandstone and shale and creating versatile, large, small and intimate spaces.

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Museum of Bold New Art. Process Analysis Urban Design Museum Design Renders

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Process

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“Life is not just a series of calculations and a sum total of statistics, it’s about experience, it’s about participation, it is something more complex and more interesting than what is obvious.”

- Daniel Libeskind

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Daniel Libeskind’s Chamber Works have intrigued me from well before I commenced Architecture school. The drawings have served as a source of inspiration in my first year studio. Although the drawings are considered to be a work of architecture as they were created by an Architect, they do not have any connection to the built environment.

The seemingly randomness lines do ‘not represent a building, structure or a gemoetrical form’ but instead create a ‘totality that exists solely on the paper itself.1 When confronted with the challenge to design a large museum and urban space - a huge task - the need to approach from an abstract and non-specifially architectural angle became the most appealing option. The opportunity to create several abstract drawings at my own whim appeared to be the best option when venturing towards such a large project.

From Daniel Libeskind’s Chamber Works, 1988

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Tahl Kaminer, Architecture, Crisis and Recuscitation: The Reproduction of Post-Fordism in Late Twentieth Century Architecture. (New York: Routelege, 2011), 118.

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Analysis

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Location of site in relation to Global Sydney

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Study Area

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SWOT Analysis

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Precinct (black) Surrounding area (grey)

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Land Use

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Height of Buildings

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Urban Design

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CONCEP T: URBAN JUNGLE The Museum of Bold New Art is an experiment that combines a large public space with a museum a large museum spanning three levels featuring absurd, surreal and bold artworks.

MBNA challenges common conceptions of an art museum by placing a large public space in between two levels of the museum. In this space the public is given a chance to interact with artworks as well as to contribute their own works to the space; visitors themselves become works of the museum. Playful columns that penetrate the public space act in direct contrast with the extremes of the museum as the museum features absurd, surreal and dark artworks.

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Museum Design

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Traditional Building

Traditional buildings can act as barriers between public spaces.

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Proposed Building

The proposed building will provide an expansive public space in between two levels of the museum.

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RATIONALISING THE IRRATIONAL

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Void

Void

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Curtains, openings, etc.

Introducing a grid syetm & columns

Designating the columns and adding curtains

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The building incorporates the following Active Design Guidelines: Urban Transit

Public Plazas

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The museum is located close to regular public transport on Parramatta Road.

The museum features a large public plaza located between the two main levels of the museum.

Building Stairs

Stairs have been designed for every day use by being integrated with the principle areas of

Elevators

Elevators are less prominent and have been placed to target those with mobility issues.

Appealing & Supportive Walking Routes

Elevators are less prominent and have been placed to target those with mobility issues.

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Axonometric 1:1200

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Renders

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Artwork 1. Victor Douieb (2009), ‘Pop Art Rhino’ 2. No Artist (2008), ‘Red Stone Carved Infinity Sculpture’ 3. Unknown

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Artwork 1. Michael Bednar (2015), ‘Corps de Ballet’ 2. Constantin Brancusi (1926), ‘White Negress II’ 3. Duck Bong Kang (2011), ‘Disguise 1’

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Artwork 1. Alex Katz (2003), ‘Red House 2’ 2. Duane Hanson (1973), ‘Young Shopper’ 3. Patricia Piccinini (2010), ‘Newborn’ 4. Xooang Choi (2009), ‘The Islet of Asperger Type - VI’ 5. Jeffrey Smart (2003), ‘The Red Warehouse’

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Artwork 1. Gustave Corbet (1866), ‘L’Origin du Monde’ 2. Chuck Close (1979), ‘Mark’ 3. George Lafayette (n.d.), ‘Rabbitgirl’

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Artwork 1. Mark Sijan (n.d.), ‘Cornered’ 2. Xooang Choi (2008), ‘The Wings’ 3. Bruno Walpoth (2015), ‘Karin’ 4. Kate Clark (2005), ‘Asserting His Influence’ 5. Patricia Piccinini (2017), ‘The Naturalist’ 6. Ron Mueck (n.d.), ‘Mask’

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Jarrod Haynes University of Sydney 2017