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Item Open Access Art gallery: questioning topographic and institutional edges by sculpting inhabitable thresholds(University of the Free State, 2016) Bramley, Lana; Smit, J. D.; Pretorius, H.B.; Olivier, J. I.; Raubenheimer, H.The University of the Free State boasts with a collection of 1500 artworks which are rotated between the Main Building, the Eeufees Building and storage space. In a personal interview with Mrs De Jesus, the curator at the Johannes Stegmann Art Gallery on campus, it became evident that the University is in need of an art gallery which should entice a dialogue between the art and the visitor. She stated that the gallery should not be a destination building but rather an interactive proposal. The concept of an art gallery as a transient space comes from investigating the campus as a large site. The campus used to be an open part of town where the exact boundary between the campus and the city was unclear. Families could enjoy the gardens on weekends and pedestrians were able to take a shortcut through campus and interact with students in the passing. Due to security reasons, the campus was closed off and boundaries reinforced. This enforced a threshold between students and the public. The proposed project aims to embody the boundary of campus in order to develop the harsh edge into a perforated entrance through the art gallery. The design of an art gallery intrigued me, as the main denominator of its morphology is light. āššæš°šµš¶šš²š°šššæš² ššµš¶š°šµ š²š»šš²šæš š¶š»šš¼ š® šššŗšÆš¶š¼šš¶š šš¶ššµ š¹š¶š“šµš š±š¼š²š š»š¼š šŗš²šæš²š¹š š°šæš²š®šš² š³š¼šæšŗ š¶š» š¹š¶š“šµš, šÆš š±š®š š®š»š± š®š š»š¶š“šµš, šÆšš š®š¹š¹š¼š š¹š¶š“šµš šš¼ šÆš²š°š¼šŗš² š³š¼šæšŗ.ā (š š²š¶š²šæ, š®š¬šš²) I have always been fascinated by the way architectural elements can be manipulated in order to create a shadow line or light shaft which allows for the replacement of a typical window punched into a wall. Light is the main denominator of form in this project through the way the archetypes are sculpting away the sky and embedding itself into the earth. This investigation focuses on the way that an art gallery, as a transient space rather than a destination building, can allow the public a glimpse into the world of art. This is done by intriguing people during their ordinary path. The need for the project was raised by the curator of the University of the Free State because of a lack of exhibition and storage space on campus. Therefore, the project will focus on the design of a gallery space and archive on the campus of the UFS.