Represeting the V&A Museum Expansion
Research Assistant Position for Ryan Roark

This project aims to represent the Sackler Courtyard Expansion designed by AL_A Architects, within the Victoria and Albert Museum, through a physical model and a series of collages . These collages superimpose the new additions of the renovation over images of the construction which helps to understand the underlying structure and the innovative ways the project integrated skylights and an underground (columnless) exhibition space. The collage and themes were initially developed in a Representing Renovation workshop course with Ryan Roark. After the course, I worked for her as a Research Assistant, building a model that consists of an accurate representation of the stairs at 1/2 scale and abstracted components of the skylight and the exhibition spaces, which will be displayed in an exhibition. The actual stairs in the museum lead from the courtyard to the underground exhibition space. The components act as shadowboxes that highlight the views that show the old building facades