Design a space for art that includes at least 3 sub-spaces for viewing the art.

Sneinton Market in Nottingham used to be a wholesale food market, built in 1938. It’s characteristic Dutch style gable ends perhaps relate to Sneinton’s famous Windmill ‘Green’s Windmill’.

Tate Modern’s turbine hall is something I would like to recreate as it is a huge space that is completely adaptable for all types of art. I am also inspired by The British Museums glass roofed courtyard and the bright, open space created in New York’s Museum of Modern Art.

Dutch architecture is typically characterised by red bricks, gable ends and sun lit court yards. My art gallery focuses on these aspects by creating a Dutch theme and embraces the windmill that Sneinton is famous for. Other inspirations from Holland include tulips, canals, bridges and of course windmills. The main art gallery is adaptable, much like the Turbine Hall in Tate Modern so it can accomodate most types of art at a range of scales. It is designed to represent a Dutch street with exposed red brick going along some of its edges, with the overhanging balcony to add different height elements. Temporary walls are available to enable control of the ‘Street Scene Gallery’ in terms of size and privacy. At the end is a cafe to give the impression of sitting out on a sunlight courtyard and is expandable in size.

The Balcony view gives a different perspective into both Gallery 1 and the Street Scene Gallery. The exterior has a main entrance and exit point with a further seperate entrance into the cafe if the public don’t wish to view the art.

This contemporary art gallery will bring some life into the redevelopment of the area of Sneinton and attract new people whilst subtly keeping in with the buildings architectural character and the local area’s history.

The Private exhibition Gallery (bottom right) can be sectioned off by the temporary walls mentioned above to enable Artists to privately exhibit their work or can be left open to create an open plan effect, joining the galleries together as seen in the MoMA.