BGC Modern Art Museum

A Building Shaped by Music

Academic Term: Architecture Design 7 (4th Year Studio)

Date Finished: October 2018

Instructor: Ar. Maria Lourdes Rigunay

Type: Museum and Art Gallery

Location: Kalaw Ave, Ermita, Manila, Philippines

Lot Area: 6960 sqm

Software: Design: [Sketch Up and Rhino]

Visualization: [Lumion, Vray, InDesign, and Photoshop]

Documentation: [Microsoft Word]

Concept Site Analysis N

(c)Snazzy Maps

Music and Modules

The music translation to the site represents the cyclic unity of the various typology surrounding the area. This museum will act as a node for these typologies to overlap and allow users to pass by and reflect on the form of the museum, which makes it a display, or they may enter to delve deeper into how we interpret the meaning of music as individuals appreciate the various arts displayed.

Design principles may have contrasting effects, but if it is applied properly on the plan, it can make the user immerse and avoid museum fatigue. These principles are the ordering of spaces such as grid and a single sequence, informational sequence and gathering space, the degree of compulsion (e.g., route choices, spatial design and exhibition set up) and the convex and axial synchronization.