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METAGEUM '07
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| Ground floor | |
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The ground floor comprises two large barrel vaults, about 30 yards long by 10 yards across, with vertical walls up to about seven feet, topped by tall vaulted ceiling. Both vaults have large doors opening out onto the marina waterfront, topped by a window allowing a lot of light in. |
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First vault | |
First vault, looking in. This will be the main auditorium. |
First vault, looking out at the door leading to the waterfront. The metal stairs in the corner lead to the third vault.
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Second vault | |
Second vault, looking in. This will be the main reception and exhibition space. |
Second vault. First vault, looking out at the door leading to the waterfront. In the front left-hand corner is a beautiful stone spiral stair case leading to the fourth vault.
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| First floor | |
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The first floor comprises two smaller barrel vaults, with the same floor plan as the those on the ground floor (about 30 yards long by 10 yards across), but with a vaulted ceiling curving to the floor. Both vaults have large shuttered windows opening out over the waterfront. |
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Third vault | |
Third vault, looking in. This will be a workshop and exhibition space. |
Third vault, looking out.
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Fourth vault | |
Fourth vault, looking in. This will be a workshop and exhibition space. |
Fourth vault, looking out.
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| Second floor | |
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The second floor comprises four vaults, with comparatively lower ceilings compose of steel joists with wooden floor boards. These rooms have a very different ambience and acoustics from the stone vaults below them. They have the same general floor plan as the those on the ground floor (about 30 yards long by 10 yards across), but with the third floor slicing through the central area. Huge dormer windows are shared with the second and third floors. The two central vaults on this floor stand directly above the vaults on the lower flowers, but there is one extra vault on either side. In addition, there is side room on the eastern end, with double-height ceiling but small floor area (about seven yards square). |
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Fifth vault | |
Fifth vault, looking in. This will be a workshop and exhibition space. |
Fifth vault, looking out.
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Sixth vault | |
Sixth vault, looking in. This will be a workshop and exhibition space. The seventh and eighth vaults look the same and are not fully shown here. |
Sixth vault, looking out.
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Eighth vault | |
Eighth vault, looking at the stairs leading to the twelfth vault. This will be a workshop and exhibition space. |
Eighth vault, looking east at the entrance to the side room.
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| Third floor | |
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The third floor comprises four vaults, with elegantly arched ceilings, and wooden floorboards. It is again a very different ambience from the lower floors. . |
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Eleventh vault | |
Eleventh vault, looking out. This will be a workshop and exhibition space. |
One of the doorways linking the ninth to eleventh vaults at the fourth floor.
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Twelfth vault | |
Twelfth vault, looking out. This will be a workshop and exhibition space. |
Twelfth vault, looking in.
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