MSA Stage 4 School of Architecture
Innes Dunlop
My architectural practice is grounded in providing a sense of feeling & atmosphere.
Throughout Stage 4 I’ve explored working in volumes around a key circular space, to create a feeling of intimacy within the space. This intended design simplicity is further enriched by materiality decisions.
A sustained depth of narrative throughout iterations allowed key moments to be visualised, bringing an overall playfulness to the design through the dance of extrusion and shape across the institute.
Works
Off to the Pictures
Film City Glasgow’s newest venue, the ‘Pictures’ is dearly inspired by Giuseppe Tornatore’s ‘Cinema Paradiso’ which celebrates the wonder and nostalgia of the world of film. Drawing from these themes the institute seeks to conceal and unveil spaces. Curves recur throughout the building with looping walls mimicking the spirals of a roll of film. The oscillation of the facade seeks to hint at the tectonics within.
As an ode to the 1930s golden days of Glasgow Cinema, the scheme hopes to keep this romanticism alive with a contemporary twist as the main auditorium invites the people of Glasgow for an evening with a dining experience within range of performances, live audience filming and pictures.
‘You up to much this weekend?’
‘We’re off to the Pictures’
