Final Submission Renders+Poster

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Ground Floor - Floor to display small figurines, hand-drawn sketches, official posters, storyboards and so forth. Workshop, Stockroom and Office is also on this floor.

Second Floor - Level where the client can display larger sculptures up to 5 square metres. An example of this can be seen in this render where the sculpture is from "Nausicca: Valley of the Wind". This robot also exists in the official Ghibli Museum in Japan. This level also has 2 large cinema-like rooms for showing some films, suitable for family outings and group school excursions.

Third Floor - Another large display room where gallery functions can be held. The walls of this level will have many LCD screens to show short films, behind the scenes, animator/director/producer interviews of the films and other information on the making of Miyazaki animations.

Ground, 2nd and 3rd Floor Plans

Final A2 Posters

Final Submission Model 1:100

Some resemblance of an animal from the side. This is a very magical aspect I picked up after modelling the gallery which can be closely linked to a lot of Miyazaki's films. Such as "My Neighbour Totoro".

Sectional Cut


Illusional navigation space on both sides; to suggest reflection, element Miyazaki uses like water to portray magic and surrealism.


Close up of "floating" stairs



Courtyard

Final Ideas and Intentions for my gallery

The building would appear to be standing on a tip to suggest a “floating” approach so it doesn’t look too grounded. But will have glass facades and columns to hold up the gallery. The back section is the darker area for all the animation and short film rooms for small groups of people to enjoy. I made my initial rooms bigger to satisfy larger groups coming into the gallery but I don’t want to put too many because it will seem more like a cinema, whereas there are other things to display as well not just the films, things like hand sketches, official books and posters and figurines and sculptures.

This area is the interior of the slanted roof section for my design. This is aimed to be a bright area to display sculptures of Miyazaki’s animations and the slanted angle is to suggest the flight angle, pointing up into the sky. This will direct the vision of the visitors upwards as they navigate through this level. I also think that this area will be a nice space for people to look into the sky and relate to Miyazaki’s obsession with flight.

As I was trying to incorporate some of the magical aspects of the films, the stairs of the 2nd floor will be suspended by the wall and a thick glass panel. Because of the transparency, it will seem like the stairs are “floating” which is what I wanted to convey.
I also resized the building so it fits perfectly into the site, therefore blending in with the surrounding buildings

This stairs to the 2nd floor are hidden behind the triangular wall of the 1st floor. This is to suggest some mysterious feeling with the stairs being “hidden looking” when viewed from the side. Another simple aspect I included to suggest a bit of magic is the reflective image of the levels so that the rooms appear to be reflecting one another. This 2nd level is the larger room with the animation rooms in the back [the darker area], to display bigger sculptures.

The layout of the apartment is yet again derived from the slanted angle of flight. I decided to put the apartment at the back of the building so it will give the gallery owner a sense of privacy and will overlook parts of the courtyard at the back.

This last area of the 3rd floor, I intend to display some LCD tvs screens on the walls, to show visitors some clips of the processes of animation film making and some other aspects of the films such as interviews of producers, directors, animators and so on. This area is situated near the kitchen and can be used for small tea functions so people can enjoy while watching the clips.

Draft model and initial ideas

Site Analysis

Preliminary Decision - Hayao Miyazaki

Hayao Miyazaki is regarded as one of the greatest creators of animated films, and his work certainly stands as some of the best the genre has to offer. The director, producer, animator, and storyteller Hayao Miyazaki was the leader of one of the most successful animated motion picture studios in the world, Studio Ghibli.

Miyazaki's films often incorporate recurrent themes, such as humanity's relationship to nature and technology, and the difficulty of maintaining a pacifist ethic. Reflecting Miyazaki's feminism, the protagonists of his films are often strong, independent girls or young women; the villains, when present, are often morally ambiguous characters with redeeming qualities.

There are millions of adults that watch your films and who get a lot of enjoyment out of your work.

That gives me a lot of pleasure, of course. Simply put, I think that a film which is made specifically for children and made with a lot of devotion, can also please adults. The opposite is not always true. The single difference between films for children and films for adults is that in films for children, there is always the option to start again, to create a new beginning. In films for adults, there are no ways to change things. What happened, happened.

Do you feel that telling stories in the particular way you do is necessary for us as humans?

I'm not a storyteller, I'm a man who draws pictures (laughs). However, I do believe in the power of story. I believe that stories have an important role to play in the formation of human beings, that they can stimulate, amaze and inspire their listeners.

What will be your next project? Are you working on anything at the moment?

We recently opened the Studio Ghibli museum. Maybe museum is a big word, because it's more like a small shack where we exhibit some of the work of the studio. Inside we have a small theatre where we will show short films that have been made exclusively for the Ghibli museum. I am responsible for this, so I'm currently working on a short film for it.

Source:
http://www.ghibliworld.com/
http://www.answers.com/topic/hayao-miyazaki
http://www.midnighteye.com/interviews/hayao_miyazaki.shtml
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Styles_and_themes_of_Hayao_Miyazaki
http://ajani.ca/blog/wp-content/uploads/2009/09/portrait_of_hayao_miyazaki-1024x819.jpg

Newtown Sites

Site 1

- Franklins store.
- Longest site but also narrowest.
- Close to carpark area and is opposite a quiet park.
- Furthest from the station.

Site 2

- Corner site.
- Busy streets on all three sides.
- Most difficult area to accommodate gallery.

Site 3

- Closest to station.
- Comprises of 4 symmetrical retail shops.
- Near busy traffic area.
- Big area to work with.
-Back rear access lane and quiet street on the side; good for parking spaces.