The dark stairs contrasts the shining light of the windows and the glass door.
My interest in the Pre-Columbian Museum was the design of the stairs, more specifically its context to the rest of the space. I feel as if the represent what the Knowlton stairs represent which are these obaque objects that make a way through an open space. We get to see that through Knowlton, but in the Pre-Columbian Museum it still makes a presence of these black walls that either takes you up to another dark space or a more brighter space. This concept is also shown as one would progress through a space filled with light into the night.
The panoramic image is what is being sketched above, as you can see the differences on each side in terms of lighting and a hint of the artwork on the second window from the left.
A closer look at what is seen through the window, a gradient of pink and purple.
So this transition is seen through plan and section, but what I noticed about where I was sketching was the placement of the art. In between the pitch black, heavy ramp and the light coming from glass of the windows and door was the colorful sheets of pink and purple that were floating, which was framed by one of the window.
The sculptural black stairs that wrapped with the black rails seen as a sculpture that constrasts from the well-lit room.
As I was sketching this scene, people were passing by and I observed their movement as they first enter the museum. I then understood the ramp as more of a calling into another space. Since the entry into this museum is a well-lit, double height, white walls, door to the outside courtyard that is first seen in front of you, then you turn to the left and then suddenly it’s this dark, black, huge stairs that, for me personally, seen as a part of the museum like a sculpture. Most of the time the person would double look as if they are unsure about what would happen next as they begin to move foreword into the “night”.