PROJECT 2 ROOM AND NARRATIVE

The art of painting by Veneer

1st Development stage
1st Development stage plans
Final Ground floor
Final first floor plan
Final section plan
Sketch up model viewsFront view of building1st level view from above

The art of painting project two to me is very inspiring how it is very conceptual in a way and real. First of all I started looking both types of paintings 17th – century Dutch paintings and Edward Hopper in the 20th century. To me I found Dutch paintings more interesting how the use of bright colors challenged my eye. I ended up picking the painting by Johannes Veneer called the art of painting. It is a very tricky painting how it was very hard to me to understand the brief what is needed to be done. But later I understood, most importantly you must understand the painting before anything. Analysis of the painting, the painting is subjected on the Cilc the muse of history which goes back to the Greek mythology and a person painting her which critics say it’s Veneer himself. The scene is very interesting how the blinds on the left side gives in diffused lighting giving an illusion of stage feel where no window can be seen only the source and also the customs on the table also suggest it’s has a drama background. What I have read about this painting is that this is an very odd painting how the painter has no paint pots or anything and also how a luxury lighting above can be found in a workshop. The dominate image here is the Cilc and this sense of focus is subjected by the painter, Cilc and lighting a triangle. The map the background gives a sense of volume because it’s a white wall. As for the floor it really distorts the sense of space and volume to my eyes.
From the analysis I ended up a theory of ‘acting’ the painter is no more than an actor too a subject to being painting which is painter them (Veneer). From there onwards I started to develop some kind of concept of ‘illusion’ what can be best described as illusion is using windows as if there is another world. I made a simple box and made an mirror cutting it crosswise as people walk in a sense of movement can be observed from the window the concept of the person himself is the actor and also the audience. Then I tested on different geometry of the building. But then I was asked to change to more realistic terms so I was guided to make a more theater feel that is when I came up with my narrative ‘ a theater for a man with many faces’.
I started to look at the earliest theater from the Greek how the hill made a nature theater how the stairs could be a passage way and also a seating ground that is where all my ideas came from. I came up with some concepts foundation for this project being entertainment (rest/motion), stage (level/height/angle), seating (focus/view) and light (mood). I tried to incorporate all of these concepts into my design using light as a indicator, where the stage would be how where the light is focused that is where the stage is. My design is simply said a stair path with the functions of a theatre. The building is very simple with a walking passage way where people sitting inside can watch as they go by as a motion picture. But also in a sense for people looking into the building seeing people sitting if this was a stage itself, the concept later discovered in history classes of Garneir’s Paris Opera House people are there to be see and to be seen. The seats inside also can be used as a stair going up to the second level which you would see an above glass. This glass is the function where the idea where light goes that’s the area of the stage so it all depends on the sun path and time.
My design produces many faces to view, the water pond in the front viewing self in it, the stairs outside viewing the landscape beyond, the seated people viewing the flow of people, the flow of people viewing the people sitting, the above glass viewing below the seated people, the first level lookout viewing the vast landscape and people below.

Recap for my intention of this design is ‘a theater for a man with many faces’ using the architectonics of light (gloomy/direct) and volume I was able to achieve the atmosphere of silence and still found in nature of theater and focus of the viewer.
The theater is situated on a hill, in summer.