GAD is based on the idea that this semi- temporary gallery, can be disassembled, moved and reassembled easily at any location, within a few days. Ten ordinary steel containers make the basis of the project. Five of them generates the ground floor, three surrounds the central first floor courtyard and the final two closes the square shaped building, giving access to the top floor balcony. Industrial ladders and stairs connect the containers, as they are a part of the main circulation system through the gallery. By designing the components to overlap only partly, the composition of the building seems light and airy, giving GAD lot`s of protected and exposed outdoor space.
The containers are insulated on the inside, and covered with sheets of plywood and sheetrock (gwb) all painted white, giving the space clean surfaces excellent for a gallery.
The containers are penetrated with circular windows placed opposite each other or they have roof lights and floor- to -ceiling safety glass windows at the end of each container, that are letting large amounts of crisp northern light flow into the building. GAD is an open and extroverted unit, suitable for any environment and an exciting playground to expose art.
