China National Film Museum, Beijing
2003-2004
One of the most enjoyable projects working for Kingsmen, leading two teams of designers from Shanghai and Beijing in design of six major galleries on film production. Learning about the history of Chinese film production was a treat, especially going to Xiamen to see the huge film studios build in the 1940s. This image, and the one above, show foundation designs to set the parameters for major wall panels. The intent was to focus on major film makers to tell their story about technique and technical development of cameras, an obsession of the client which precariously drew the museum towards a scientific, not a social perspective on Chinese cinema.
Below are further images we developed for the museum to be finished for the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
2003-2004
One of the most enjoyable projects working for Kingsmen, leading two teams of designers from Shanghai and Beijing in design of six major galleries on film production. Learning about the history of Chinese film production was a treat, especially going to Xiamen to see the huge film studios build in the 1940s. This image, and the one above, show foundation designs to set the parameters for major wall panels. The intent was to focus on major film makers to tell their story about technique and technical development of cameras, an obsession of the client which precariously drew the museum towards a scientific, not a social perspective on Chinese cinema.
Below are further images we developed for the museum to be finished for the Beijing Olympics in 2008.
Site mater plan clearly shows York as a railway hub
National Railway Museum, York, UK
2001
The York Railway Museum was awarded the European Museum of the year in 2001. That emboldened them to undertake a strategic master plan to improve the museums vision and its outreach to the public and its main stakeholders.
2001
The York Railway Museum was awarded the European Museum of the year in 2001. That emboldened them to undertake a strategic master plan to improve the museums vision and its outreach to the public and its main stakeholders.
Royal Ontario Museum, Toronto, Canada
1998-2000
Extensive visits and workshops to re-engineer the focus of the museum towards more family and commercial exhibitions, based on a strong science and history platform.
1998-2000
Extensive visits and workshops to re-engineer the focus of the museum towards more family and commercial exhibitions, based on a strong science and history platform.
The museum has extraordinary collections, generous benefactors and a loving audience. These montages evoked the new spirit of the museum in generating new themes about Canadian life.
This was a major break for me, generously supported by Dr Lindsay Sharp. I worked with Lindsay in the 1980's in Sydney on the Powerhouse Museum.
This was a major break for me, generously supported by Dr Lindsay Sharp. I worked with Lindsay in the 1980's in Sydney on the Powerhouse Museum.
Walk through multimedia of the country with a maritime theme.
Qatar National Museum, Doha 2004
My second major experience working in West Asia after an earlier project in Israel. Prior to construction we worked with the principal contractors GHD Associates- an extraordinary multicultural team of professionals drawn from all Gulf countries and beyond. The lower image show further gallery concepts for archaeological discoveries and maritime trade.
This 6,000 sq meter building is designed by Jean Nouvell and set entirely underground to escape the Gulf heat.
My second major experience working in West Asia after an earlier project in Israel. Prior to construction we worked with the principal contractors GHD Associates- an extraordinary multicultural team of professionals drawn from all Gulf countries and beyond. The lower image show further gallery concepts for archaeological discoveries and maritime trade.
This 6,000 sq meter building is designed by Jean Nouvell and set entirely underground to escape the Gulf heat.
Full 3D rendering of the gallery layouts, with the city map in the centre hall.
Suzjou City Visitor Centre. China. 2003-04
This was another enjoyable project to work on with the Kingsmen China design team. Under the business development of Max Chan the team competitively bid and won the design and fabrication of five major halls over two floors explore the 2,500 year history of this heritage city that is now the model of green development in China and the hi-tec hub of Pearl Delta.
An enormous model is sited in the two-storey main hall which was quite a popular feature in China at the time. Massive screens rise and fall for a spectacular audiovisual. The administrative zones are broken into walk-round islands for easy access to detailed model information, and a concept fractal of the city hovers to the right, below.
This was another enjoyable project to work on with the Kingsmen China design team. Under the business development of Max Chan the team competitively bid and won the design and fabrication of five major halls over two floors explore the 2,500 year history of this heritage city that is now the model of green development in China and the hi-tec hub of Pearl Delta.
An enormous model is sited in the two-storey main hall which was quite a popular feature in China at the time. Massive screens rise and fall for a spectacular audiovisual. The administrative zones are broken into walk-round islands for easy access to detailed model information, and a concept fractal of the city hovers to the right, below.
Putrajaya Visitor Centre. Malaysia. 2004
For the Putrajaya City Council, a proposal for a new visitors centre with a theme about uncontrolled Asian mega cities and comparing that to the utopian cities like Chandigarh, Brasilia and Napidaw.
A planned city can take generations to mature and gain the grit and complexity that makes a city a truly functional, creative and enjoyable place to live. They are inevitably part of the hubris of political expression by a powerful, and perhaps charismatic individual.
One inevitably has to ask the question- and this is particularly pertinent to Malaysia- what would Kuala Lumpur be like to live in today if the billions spent on Putrajaya was channelled into upgrading the capitals public transport and other civic amenities?
For the Putrajaya City Council, a proposal for a new visitors centre with a theme about uncontrolled Asian mega cities and comparing that to the utopian cities like Chandigarh, Brasilia and Napidaw.
A planned city can take generations to mature and gain the grit and complexity that makes a city a truly functional, creative and enjoyable place to live. They are inevitably part of the hubris of political expression by a powerful, and perhaps charismatic individual.
One inevitably has to ask the question- and this is particularly pertinent to Malaysia- what would Kuala Lumpur be like to live in today if the billions spent on Putrajaya was channelled into upgrading the capitals public transport and other civic amenities?