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The surrounding silent and humble environment would be a good place for art enthusiasts. In public circulation aspect, the force of the railway station, the crowded King Street, the post office and commonwealth bank is notable. The strong contrast with a silent and humble park on the back of the site is expressed in the urban fabric created the spot as the best site for my gallery. It is the heart but the subtle place of Newtown. The gallery is mean to be a resting point taken out from the busy main street. The specific kind of customers who likes the art would stop and purify their mind to approach the gallery.

As the art gallery is commercial, the most important characteristics must be its comfortable(convenient) journey and the attraction. First of all, as considered the environment surround the skinny long site, I designed 3 openings for this gallery. The main entrance is located on the front façade, with a large art work behind the glazing wall to attract passerby’s attention. To provide a short cut for people who walking in the park behind, they can enter the secondary entrance through the courtyard. I inherit the feature of the park in my sculpture courtyard, so when people walk to the end of the park, there is an attractive path continuing with the park. In another way or function of the path, is when people enter through the front entrance, they will see a beautiful view of the courtyard, and the park seems be part of the courtyard and gallery. The third opening is for private delivering use, with a large storage room besides it.