The site can be entered from two areas, the rear entrance gives a view of the interior, but the stair lead downwards away from the view of the inside. Once inside there are two main paths, upwards to the studio space, or down to the gallery. The upper level is designed for the photographers use, it has a ‘dark room’ with no exterior openings, and a slightly more well lit studio space. Outside the studio space is a enclosed terrace area, and this leads up the stairs around the outside to a balcony level that has the only open views in the building. The lower area is used for a gallery space to display the photographers work. It has an observation deck and a lower display area. There is an entrance here as well where the walls fold around each other to form a transitional entry with curved window openings.
The windows on the front face are based on the aspect ratio of 35mm film, the array mimics the film strip itself. The thin windows on the sides of the house are on an angle to either draw people up from the gallery space or down from the balcony. There are also series of long thin strips to break up the views on the terrace level and balcony, while the rest of the views are glazed to mimic the view through the lens of a camera.
The site is sloped, and the multiple levels in the circulation and different entry points are designed to create a certain cunfusion and ambiguity about the level which you are at which is designed to mimic this ambiguity in Edward Hoppers painting.
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