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Lurixs Art Gallery
Lurixs Art Gallery
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
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Other Projects by Miguel Pinto Guimarães Arquitetos Associados
Lurixs Art Gallery
Rio de Janeiro, Brazil
STATUS
Built
YEAR
2017
SIZE
0 sqft - 1000 sqft
How do you fit such an extensive program into a small site? We verticalized the gallery, dividing the main exhibition area into two floors, two main rooms. So that the gallery can present an on going show and at the same time expose part of its permanent collection.
We opened an internal patio, dividing the building in two, so that we could create a public area separated from the administrative offices by a prism of natural light that illuminate and ventilate the whole building. The small site led us to the divide the building in two with different heights between them. We took advantage of the legs of stairs that give access to different floors, each one climbing 1.5m height. So on and on, the building is connected through these ladder legs, giving access to the different levels in its two halves.
Moving large and heavy works of art through the floors was another challenge. A crane was installed into the technical reserve on the upper floor that opens to the façade. The main facade is composed of a black strip wall on the ground and a large white panel measuring 7 meters height. It makes discreet background to the sculptures exposed at the street level. The upper panel is commonly used as screen projecting works or video-installations. Above that panel, a different glass surface corresponding to the board offices and technical reserve is crowned by a large red marquee, which draws attention to the building, respecting the chromatic scheme of the gallery.
The internal material are quite simple, according to the international code of art spaces. Concrete floors, white boxes in the exhibition rooms (ceilings and white walls) without any detail that can interfere in the perception of the works exhibited and uncovered steel structure and technical installations.
We opened an internal patio, dividing the building in two, so that we could create a public area separated from the administrative offices by a prism of natural light that illuminate and ventilate the whole building. The small site led us to the divide the building in two with different heights between them. We took advantage of the legs of stairs that give access to different floors, each one climbing 1.5m height. So on and on, the building is connected through these ladder legs, giving access to the different levels in its two halves.
Moving large and heavy works of art through the floors was another challenge. A crane was installed into the technical reserve on the upper floor that opens to the façade. The main facade is composed of a black strip wall on the ground and a large white panel measuring 7 meters height. It makes discreet background to the sculptures exposed at the street level. The upper panel is commonly used as screen projecting works or video-installations. Above that panel, a different glass surface corresponding to the board offices and technical reserve is crowned by a large red marquee, which draws attention to the building, respecting the chromatic scheme of the gallery.
The internal material are quite simple, according to the international code of art spaces. Concrete floors, white boxes in the exhibition rooms (ceilings and white walls) without any detail that can interfere in the perception of the works exhibited and uncovered steel structure and technical installations.
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