Sun Pier House is an award winning gallery, tearoom and venue where we will be holding our Medway Festival Exhibition to which we have named Kaleidoscope. This name was chosen as we feel it represents the multiple and various ideas we each have as artists and photographers looking at the ideas of surface, time and archive.

The space itself is very open and bright due to the large windows which look over onto the River Medway. By visiting the gallery, myself and Penny took many pictures and measurements to allow us to reflect on the space once we had left.

With the combination of photos and measurements I then created a 3D model of the gallery space using SketchUp.

By signing up for a free trial I had to figure out how to use the software from scratch. Once I familiarised myself with all the tools I could use I started by using the line tool to sketch the floorplan.

I then created the ceiling heights as there are almost two separate spaces to the gallery and added in the measurements of the space.

By experimenting with the software I was also able to add in the floor and sofas as well as all the windows and doors of the gallery showing exactly where they are allowing us to figure out where everyone’s pieces of work could fit.

Written By Kira Haines.