Highline Gallery | New York, NY | Arch 263\\Studio I | Fall 05 | Prof. Earl Jackson The initial concept for the gallery project was the extension of the highline, the idea of what the highline will become a - a public walkway. That then translated into a public staircase adjacent to the building, providing an additional entrance to the highline from the street level. The frame was done in such a way to provide maximum free space within. The open space this created was then subdivided into single display spaces using moveable partitioning walls, allowing the gallery to adapt to the next designer’ s display. The partitioning walls were then extended to the outside on ground level to engage the public before they visit the inside of the building and underneath the highline. The stairs and all circulation were kept light and open by using transparent glass. The glass facade facing the highline and the street also eliminated the feel of a physical barrier between the inside and the outside.
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