The Planning Exhibition Hall by Khoury Levit Fong is a new urban institution with a particular spatial constitution and purpose. While most are based on familiar building precedents, such as museums or convention halls, they believe that the unique dedications of this institution demands a formal and typological invention: an ocular device or camera transformed into a building. So they place the large-scale city model (1:600) on a plinth that seamlessly extends the public realm into the building by sloping up from the street. More images and architects’ description after the break.
In the Great Model Hall, the large model is enmeshed with the context: it occupies the same space and has the same orientation as the surrounding cityscape. Not only does this spatial continuity enhance the public exposure and accessibility of the principal exhibit, it also enables visitors to better orient and situate the model within their familiar surroundings.
