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Later ideas

I decided to make his Traditional area his working and sleeping area as he is a workaholic and would probably want to incorporate living with his work. which also suggests that his work is his life.
I also created a podium in the thinking room for him to reach higher up and have a better experience of looking at the sky above at night as if he is seeking for more guidance from above.
The gallery area can only be accessed via one of the other two rooms this was done as for him to achieve the final result - his paintings, he needed to have progressed through the other two rooms.

Poster

Final narrative

A perfectionist living in modern and traditional worlds, expressing his modern ideas with traditional methods.

Narrative

A perfectionist stuck in between traditional and modern worlds.

later inspirations

this was a inspiration that came later as i tried to incorporate the idea of a almost gravity defying element into architecture which is a very modern idea.

early inspirations

i really like how this building is kind of mirrored about its horizontal axis and I'll try incorporated it into my design.

My early concepts and ideas

At first when i looked at the painting i thought it was it had a very serene and quiet atmosphere but as i explored the painting further it gave me a less comfortable, silence before a storm kind of feel. I also found out that Saenredam was a antisocial person that spends all his time in his studio. His painting was also very 'empty' without any liveliness, so the studio i designed for him was very spacious tall and in the form of a church since Saenredam only paints churches i thought he would feel at home if he lived in one.
the spaciousness/emptiness combined with the extremely high ceiling also give the person inside the building a very insignificant feeling that correspond to the feeling the painting gives. It also gives the occupant a very quiet and peaceful atmosphere to work in.
Since Saenredam's painting has a very modern feel but it was painted during 1600s I decided to have 3 spaces one modern, another traditional and the last a combination of the two. the modern space is for him to think and come up with 'modern' ideas for his paintings. the traditional space is for him to use traditional methods of drawing and painting to express his modern ideas.

about the painting and painter

In the distance, in a large, light church a congregation is listening to a sermon. The figures are tiny and the space immense. This church interior was painted in 1649 by Pieter Saenredam. It shows the Protestant church of St Odulphus in Assendelft. Saenredam specialised in painting church interiors. He depicted the inside of these buildings with great precision and attention to colour and atmosphere. The extreme brightness of the airy space and the utter tranquility emanating from this picture, make it one of Saenredam's most beautiful works.
Saenredam achieves a modern look in his painting by using very even light, subtlety modulated, and removing detailed depiction of textures in his meticulously measured and drawn sketches of the church. He would make these sketches in pencil, pen, and chalk, then and add in watercolor to help give the sketch texture and color. The sketches are very detailed, conveying the interior atmosphere through the clever use of light and graduated shadows. Saenredam deliberately made people seem insignificant and left some church furniture out of his work, thus also focusing more attention on buildings and their architectural forms. Only after having made precise measurements, and precise sketches and drawings of the churches, he would take them to his studio where he started to create his painting, after a delay of many years therefore he seeks for perfection in his work.

Chosen painting

Painting : Interior of the church of St Odulphus in Assendelft, seen from the choir to the west.
Painted by Pieter Jansz. Saenredam (1649)