PICASSO MUSEO

Site: THE PICASSO MUSEUM, Montcada 15

PASSAGE, GATE, THRESHOLD, PORTAL
Begin by drawing a plan of a sequences of spaces in the museum. On the plan indicate the location of thresholds, gates, portals and passages.

Sketch a series of 5 to 6 small axons in scale to one another. Each axon should show at least one threshold, gate, portal and the two adjacent spatial volumes.

Consider the consistencies and inconsistencies of your spatial experience as you pass though the gates, thresholds, and portals. Consider light, compression, expansion, enclosure, size and shape of each spatial volume.

pas·sage 1 (p s j) n.
1. A movement from one place to another, as by going by, through, over, or across; transit or migration.
2. A path, channel, or duct through, over, or along which something may pass: the nasal passages.
b. A corridor

thresh·old (thr sh ld , -h ld ) n.
1. An entrance or a doorway.
2. The place or point of beginning; the outset.

gate·way (g t w ) n.
1. An opening or a structure framing an opening, such as an arch, that may be closed by a gate.
2. Something that serves as an entrance or a means of access: a gateway to success; the gateway to the West.

por·tal (pôr tl, p r -) n.
1. A doorway, entrance, or gate, especially one that is large and imposing.
2. An entrance or a means of entrance: the local library, a portal of knowledge.