Tuesday, February 3, 2009

Frame

There is three-story gallery building near my home. Gallery Dae-lim only houses photograghs. The interesting part of this place is that it had been remodeled from housing to exhibiting space. In the process of turning it into cultural space, architect gave a new window to the building facade.
Colored glass which is designed like the work of Mondrian allows just enough daylights to inside and gives calming atmosphire in the gallery.
Besides these environmental effects, I sensed another reason for that facade design. Since the building was to house photograghs, Mondrian style window itself becomes like an object as well. Before entering the gallery, you might get the idea of what you are about to see- watching art pieces in rectanglar frames.