Daylighting in ecotect

These are some pics of testing my gallery model in ecotect for daylighting.  It just shows the direct daylight that enters the building  at critical times of the year.  I've actually decided to open up my building to the west, because I feel the sun is an integral part of the Aboriginal culture and their connection to the land.  Considering they have the sun on their flag also.  Though generally this is a no no in building design as we want to avoid the hot afternoon sun, I feel for this particular design it is appropriate.  Below are the ecotect images.

Summer - 9am

Summer - 3pm

Spring/Autumn - 9am

Spring/Autumn - 3pm

Winter - 9am

Winter - 3pm

Models take 2

Here are a second lot of rough models we were required to do to inform our gallery design.  These certainly aren't my best work, they were just quick experimental models but they helped communicate various aspects of what I'm trying to achieve with form, texture etc.

Design progressing and max fun

Been working on my art gallery design, it's really coming along!  I began with the theatre, and have come up with a form that I came up with during the modelling exercise which you can see in the last post.  I'm really happy with it though it's got a long way to go before it resembles a complete building.  Here are pics of what I've been playing with

Modelling

Here are some massing model exercises we were required to complete to help our design. I found them very helpful in exploring different forms and configurations now that I have the program for my site worked out.  Sorry about the picture formatting! I'm still figuring out how this blog stuff works...